Wired Networking
A networking cable consisting of a center wire inside a grounded, cylindrical shield, capable of high speed data transfer.
What is Coaxial Cable?
A short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices
What is Bluetooth?
Layer 2 device that forwards traffic only to the intended recipient(s).
What is a Switch?
Which type of network is typically confined to a small area, such as a single room, floor, or building?
What is a local area network (LAN)?
The physical (hardware) address for a Network Interface Card (NIC).
What is MAC Address?
Type of network cabling highly resistant to electromagnetic interference (EMI).
What is Fiber Optic?
The technical term for the name of a wireless network.
What is Service-Set Identifier (SSID)?
Layer 3 device that connects multiple networks together.
What is a Router?
A global network of networks.
What is the Internet?
The unique logical address for each device on the Internet.
What is IP address?
Fiber optic cabling type that support a laser for the light source.
What is Single-mode Fiber?
Standards body that tests interoperability of wireless network equipment to ensure compliance with wireless standards.
What is the Wi-Fi Alliance?
A device used to connect a computer to a network.
What is a Network Interface Card (NIC)?
Which type of network connects Local Area Networks (LANs) in distant locations?
What is a wide area network (WAN)?
The network protocol standard used on the Internet.
What is TCP/IP?
Type of twisted pair cable that is required to be installed in spaces where there is air flow.
What is a plenum?
Which of these wireless standards has the greatest possible throughput?
802.11ac, 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n
What is 802.11ac?
A network security system—either hardware or software—that filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on security rules.
What is a Firewall?
What cabling topology connects all nodes to a central network device?
What is Star?
10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255, and 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255 are ranges for what type of IP addresses?
What is Private (RFC 1918)?
The loss of signal strength on a network medium as distance increases.
What is Attenuation?
RF characteristic that determines the distance a wireless signal can travel.
What is wavelength?
Type of switch that supports forwarding of traffic between VLANs.
What is a Multilayer Switch (Layer 3 Switch)?
What cabling topology provides the greatest number of redundant paths through the network?
What is Mesh?
The organization divided in working groups to establish industry standards and specifications for computing, networking, telecommunications, and power equipment.
What is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)?