Bridges
A layer 2 device used to interconnect LANs
What is a Bridge?
The switch is this on the OSI layer
What is layer 2?
The router is this layer on the OSI Model
What is layer 3?
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A list of MAC addresses and the port they are connected on.
What is a Bridge Table
The reason we use a switch over a hub
What are collisions
This device is configured to know how to route data packets entering a network.
What is a router?
Address of the network device that enables a host in the LAN to connect to a network and hosts outside the LAN.
What is a gateway address?
A potential problem with a bridge.
What is a broadcast message?
A type of switch that enables a network admin to monitor, configure and manage certain network functions
What is managed?
The minimum number of ports a router must have.
What is 3?
In place of a normal cable we would use this which has pins changed from the inputs to outputs.
What is Crossover cable? What is Roll over cable?
Command used on computer to see computer MAC address that have connected to it.
What is ARP -a
Improved network technology that addresses the issues of providing direct data connections, minimizing data collisions and maximizing the use of a LANs bandwidth.
What is a layer 2 Switch?
It is affected by jitters, buffering, network latency and congestion.
What is QOS or Quality of Service?
Windows software you would use to connect to a network device.
What is putty?
A type of bridge that describes when both sides are running the same protocol
What is Transparent?
The method used for whole packets to be sent all at once rather than as they come in.
What is store and forward?
Provides the RS-232 serial communications link into the router.
What is Console Input?
MAC software you would use to connect to a network device.
What is ZTerm?