Ethernet
What type of media is used for the 100Base-T standard?
copper cable
hosts on the same network
What does a router join?
hosts on different networks
What are the 2 frequencies that wireless devices operate at?
2.4GHz and 5GHz
What is the speed of 100Base-FX?
100Mbps
What OSI layer do the switches we deal with in class operate at?
At which OSI layer do routers operate?
Layer 3, Network layer
What to you call the particular frequency that a device connects to an access point?
channel
What do you call the computer cards that you plus RJ-45 plug into?
NICs
In order to make sure frames get to their destination, what do switches access on the frame metadata?
MAC addresses
Routers need to access the ________ on the packet headers in order to know where to forward a packet
IP addresses
What is the name of the procedure where you visit the places you will install APs and test the signal strength?
Site Survey
What do you call the sub-networks you create on a switch and assign to particular switch ports?
VLAN
What type of routing protocol uses hop count as a metric to decide which router to send a packet to?
Distance Vectoring
What is the newest wireless protocol that supports Gigabit data transfer speeds?
AX
On half-duplex connections, what needs to be enabled to reduce the chance of data collisions?
CSMA/CD
What do you combining two or more switch ports to make a single virtual switchport that can handle more bandwidth?
port aggregation
What is the name of the table that stores the IP addresses of a device and associated MAC addresses
ARP table
What is the name of the device used to push configuration information to wireless access points?
wireless controllers