I operate with Switches and Bridges and look at MAC Addresses.
What is the Data Link Layer?
100
If one of my cables breaks my Network goes down.
What is a Bus Topology?
100
I do not have a copper shield. I am inexpensive and easier to work with than my counterpart.
What is Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)?
100
I am a standard that operates at 10 Mbps and has a maximum Cable length of 100 meters.
What is 10BaseT?
100
You can use me to test connection to a neighboring host on your Network.
What is a Ping?
200
I am at the Network Layer and not using a Router to transmit packets.
What is a Layer 3 Switch?
200
Every device on this network has a direct connection to every other device.
What is a Mesh Topology?
200
I connect to your wall jack and use 2 pairs of cable.
What is an RJ11?
200
I am the network portion of the address. In binary I will start with a series of 1s followed by all 0s.
What is a Subnet Mask?
200
You can use me alternatively to Ping to identify the IP address of a host.
What is nslookup?
300
I am the 6th Layer of the OSI Model.
What is the Presentation Layer?
300
If a neighboring host is down, I can simply turn around and go the other way to get to my destination.
What is a Ring Topology?
300
I operate at layer 3 and transmit Packets.
What is a Router or Layer 3 Switch?
300
You can configure me to only provide IP addresses for a certain amount of time.
What is a DHCP lease?
300
You can reach the site by IP but not by its name, what type of problem am I?
What is a DNS issue?
400
I am the Data transmitted at Layer 4.
What are Segments?
400
In this Network data is transmitted from one Access Point to the next and so on. The next time data is transmitted it could go on the exact same path or go in different order or even hit different Access Points.
What is a Mesh or Wireless Mesh Topology?
400
Network hosts are connected to me for communication to each other and I operate at the Physical Layer.
What is a Hub?
400
You can look for me to test your Network Interface Card.
What is the loopback address?
400
You can use me to identify which Router on you communication path is faulty.
What is tracert?
500
I am the Alpha and the Omega. You can associate me with HTTP, FTP, SNMP, etc, etc.
What is the Application Layer?
500
All of my nodes are connected to one centralized device. When data is transferred all of my nodes receive it.
What is a Logical Bus Topology?
500
I cause signal loss when you dont consider distance specifications for cable runs.
What is attenuation?
500
I transmit data at 100 Mbps. Some refer to me as 100BaseTX and some as 100BaseFX, but what else can they call me?
What is Fast Ethernet?
500
You have some Network hosts unable to connect to the Network but some can. You've tried to release and renew an IP address on a working host but now can't get it online. What type of problem am I and how can you resolve it short term for one or a few users?