Devices
A device used to connect nodes on a network in a star network topology.
What is a switch?
The TCP/IP protocol used for the World Wide Web and used by web browsers and web servers to communicate. Uses port 80.
What is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)?
IP address version that contains four octets, or 32-bits, and is noted in decimal.
What is IPv4?
A local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).
What is a link?
Hex - a
What is 10?
Hardware or software that manages the print jobs sent to one or more printers on a network.
What is a print server?
The HTTP protocol working with a security protocol such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) to create a secured socket that includes data encryption. TLS is better than SSL. Uses port 443.
What is HTTPS (HTTP secure)?
IP address version that is written as eight hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. Contains 128-bits.
What is IPv6?
Nodes on the same local network.
What are neighbors?
Hex - f
What is 15?
A device that manages traffic between two or more networks and can help find the best path for traffic to get from one network to another.
What is a router?
A TCP/IP protocol and application that uses the Internet to transfer files between two computers. Uses port 20.
What is FTP (File Transfer Protocol)?
A 48-bit (6-byte) hardware address unique to each NIC or onboard network controller; the address is assigned by the manufacturer at the factory and embedded on the device. The address is often printed on the adapter as hexadecimal numbers.
What is a MAC address or physical address?
Type of address used to deliver messages to all nodes in a targeted group.
What is a multicast address?
Binary - 1010
What is 10?
Hardware and/or software that blocks unwanted Internet traffic from a private network and can restrict Internet access for local computers.
What is a firewall?
A protocol and application that encrypts communication between a client and server and is used to pass login information to a remote Linux computer and control that computer over a network. Uses port 22.
What is Secure Shell (SSH)?
A name that identifies a computer, printer, or other device on a network; can be used instead of the computer’s IP address to address the computer on the network.
What is a host name?
Used to send messages to a single node on a network. Three types are link local addresses, unique local addresses, and global addresses.
What is a unicast address?
What is 128?
A server that finds an IP address for a computer when the fully qualified domain name is known.
What is DNS (domain name service) server?
Used by the Windows Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance utilities to connect to and control a remote computer. Uses port 3389.
What is Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)?
Identifies a computer and the network to which it belongs. An example is www.cengage.com.
What is a fully qualified domain name (FQDN)?
Used for limited communication with neighboring nodes in the same link (the local network).
What is a link local address?
Hex - 88
What is 136?
1000 1000 = 128+8=136