Tools of the Trade
Used to attach twisted-pair network cable to connectors within a punch panel.
What is a Punchdown tool?
This tool measures the magnitude of an input signal versus frequency within the full range of the instrument and can be used for a wide range of signals.
What is a Spectrum Analyzer
ARP
What is Address Resolution Protocol?
This command traces the route between 2 hosts.
The term used to describe a step in the path a packet takes as it crosses the network.
What is a Hop?
This tool has two parts: the tone generator and the tone locator.
What is a toner probe?
Hardware or software that quietly captures data and saves it to be reviewed later.
What are Packet Sniffers?
NTP
What is Network Time Protocol?
Used to view TCP/IP configuration on a UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS system.
This netstat Switch displays Ethernet statistics.
What is -e?
A tool used to attach media connectors to the ends of cables.
What is a crimper?
Software-based security utilities designed to search a network host for open ports on a TCP/IP-based network.
What is a Port Scanner?
HVAC
What is Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning?
Used to view and work with the IP address to MAC address resolution cache.
When a SSL certificate is unsigned or has expired.
What is an Untrusted SSL Certificate?
This tool is used to analyze network protocols such as TCP, UDP, HTTP, and FTP.
What is a Protocol Analyzer?
Used to create heat maps showing the quantity and quality of wireless network coverage in areas.
TDR and OTDR
What is Time Domain Reflectometer and Optical Time Domain Reflectometer?
Used to test connectivity between two devices on a network using the IPv6 protocol in place of IPv4.
What is ping6/ ping -6?
10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
What is class A ?
A tool that sends a signal through a particular medium to check the cable's continuity.
What is a time domain reflectometer (tdr)?
Used to monitor the temperature and humidity in server and network equipment rooms.
ACL
What is iptables?
Two bits of IP information are mandatory to join a network.
What is an IP address and Subnet Mask?