Compare Internet Connection Types
Symmetric DSL.
What is DSL with the same upload speed as its download speed?
The 4 Layers of the TCP/IP Model (4 layer version).
What are the Application Layer, Transport Layer, Internet (Network) Layer, and the Link/Network Interface Layer?
A (logical) port is ______.
What is a number associated with a specific protocol used to identify certain kinds of traffic?
This creates an encrypted tunnel between two networks.
What is a Virtual Private Network (VPN)?
443
What is HTTPS?
Asymmetric DSL.
What is DSL with a faster download speed, but a higher upload speed?
The number of bits in an IPv4 address.
What is 32 bits?
Most application level protocols rely on one of two transport layer protocols, _____ or ______ .
What are Transmission Control Protocol and User Datagram Protocol?
Describe DHCP Scopes.
What is a range of IP addresses that are available to be assigned?
445
What is Server Message Block (SMB)?
A higher speed and lower latency form of satellite internet that provides internet access using a rotating antenna.
What is Low Earth Orbital Satellite Internet Access?
A 32 bit number that tells the number of hosts in a network.
What is the subnet mask?
The connection-oriented protocol, responsible for making sure all packets arrive at their destination and in the correct order.
What is the Transmission Control Protocol?
What is a DNS record used to resolve the IPv4 address of a domain name?
22
What is Secure Shell (SSH)?
A satellite based microwave radio system that provides large coverage areas with a fixed satellite dish, but with high latency (up to 800ms).
What is Geostationary Orbital Satellite Internet Access?
The three ranges of private IP addresses.
What are 10.0.0.0, 172.16.0.0, and 192.168.0.0?
A connection-less protocol designed for rapid transfer with little overhead, but provides no fallback mechanisms.
What is User Datagram Protocol?
The types of Domain Name Servers.
What are Local, Authoritative, Top Level (TLD), and Root?
53
What is DNS?
Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP)?
What is a directional antenna designed to work as a bridge between the customer's network and the service provider?
The four things needed to manually configure IPv4.
What are the IP address, the subnet mask, the default gateway's IP address, and one or more Domain Name Server address(es)?
These high numbered ports allow a network to support multiple "conversations" in the same protocol (like multiple tabs of a webpage being open)
What are ephemeral ports?
The definition of AAAA Record.
What is a DNS Record used to resolve the IPv6 address of a domain name?
389
What is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)?