Topologies
Cables
Wireless
General I.T.
Network Storage
100
A topology that shows the actual location of a device
Physical topology
100
The most commonly used ethernet cable
Cat5/Cat6
100
Most common types of signal interference
microwave or cordless phones
100
*A policy for employees to use their own computer
BYOD
100
*computer connected to network that provides file-based data storage services
NAS (Network Attached Storage)
200
A topology that shows data networks
Logical Topology
200
Crossover
200
Wifi operates in this duplex mode
half-duplex
200
*A networking tool used to test connectivity
ping
200
*computer that provides block-based storage and the client will convert to existing file-system
SAN (Storage Area Network)
300
*The ideal topology for a small business
star
300
straight through
300
The device that broadcasts the radio signal
Access point
300
The model suite used for the internet
TCP/IP
300
*a file server on your network could utilize this protocol
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
400
A WAN topology using two points
point to point
400
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
400
Wireless standard used over short distances
Bluetooth
400
model that describes seven layers that computer systems use to communicate over a network
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection)
400
The process is combining many physical drives into one logical drive
RAID
500
The WAN topology used for the Internet
mesh
500
*The organization responsible for defining standards for cable types, lengths, connectors, termination and methods of testing
EIA(Electronic Industries Alliance)
500
*The standard wifi protocol used today
802.11ac
500
*A networking mechanism that will sort traffic based on pre-set criteria
QoS Quality of Service
500
a storage device directly attached to the computer via cable
DAS (Direct Attached Storage)