Model
The layer that focuses on how to transmit bits over each individual link
What is the Physical Layer?
The term that refers to the process of putting headers (and sometimes trailers) around some data
What is encapsulation?
The device that connects to both LANs and WANs
What is a router?
The organization that defines Ethernet standards
Who is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or the IEEE?
It is what the preamble field in an Ethernet frame is for
What is synchronization?
HTTP, POP3, and SMTP are protocols found at this layer
What is the Application Layer?
The Transport layer PDU
What is a segment?
A term that describes Electromagnetic Interference(EMI) between wire pairs in the same cable
What is crosstalk?
The three most commonly used Ethernet standards
What is Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet?
or
What is 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, and 1000BASE-T?
This field identifies the sender of this frame
What is the Source MAC Address field?
The two primary protocols found at the Transport layer
What are the TCP and UDP protocols?
The Network layer PDU
What is a packet?
The type of cable used when connecting like devices
What is a crossover cable?
The name of the layer that surrounds the core layer of a fiber-optic cable
What is cladding?
This field identifies the intended recipient of this frame
What is the Destination MAC Address field?
A term describing when a particular layer on one computer wants to communicate with the same layer on another computer
What is Same-layer Interaction?
The Data Link layer PDU
What is a frame?
The field inside an Ethernet frame, also called the trailer, used for error detection...not correction
What is the Frame Check Sequence?
The type of fiber-optic cabling that offers the longest distance
What is single-mode fiber?
This field signifies that the next byte begins the Destination MAC address field
What is the Start Frame Delimiter(SFD) field?
The layer that focuses on delivering data over the entire path from the original sending computer to the final destination computer
What is the Network layer?
The only layer that has both a header and a trailer
What is the Data Link layer?
The most common Network layer protocols
What is IPv4 and IPv6?
The maximum distance of 1000BASE-T Ethernet
What is 100 meters?
This field identifies the type of Layer 3 packet that sits inside the Ethernet frame
What is the type field?