Annoying red dots
We go Hard
At the Crossroads
Get the Tussin
Worth even more Trouble
100

The type of cable that supports these

What is Fiber optic?

100

Best answer

What is an Access Point or Wireless Access Point?

100

The layer 3 capable version of a layer 2 device that operates on IP addresses

What is a Layer 3/ Managed Switch?

100

Used to relieve network congestion by redirecting traffic to a server that is being used less within your own network

What is a Load Balancer?

100

This in indicated by the cable tester result below

What is an open connection?

200

This term is used for how tightly you can bend a length of fiber optic cable

What is minimum bend radius?

200

Correct answers only

What is a SOHO router?

200

Use a managed switch to create these types of networks that rely on tagging to maintain network segmentation for security and privacy purposes, does not rely on physical arrangement to achieve this network

What is a VLAN?

200

You will use one of these to inspect incoming and outgoing network traffic based on where they are connecting and how they are connecting, but not by what they are carrying

What is a Layer 4 firewall?

200

Phenomenon indicated by the below picture, happening from "ghost" pulses on the disconnected circuit

What is interference/EMI?

300

Correct answers only

What are SFP tranceivers?

300

The type of cable these connectors belong on

What is Coaxial?

300

These only rely on MAC addresses to forward traffic (two possible devices)

What are switches and APs?

300

Provides an encrypted tunnel to another network over the public internet

What is a VPN?

300

This is why you are not getting network connectivity with this cable

What is improperly paired connector?

400

You get an unstable or noisy connection on fiber generally for this non-dirty related reason

What is improperly spliced/aligned ends?

400

Use this for cable and port/outlet management of your network

What is a Patch Panel?

400

You will use this to achieve network redundancy while avoiding network loops when there are physical network loops present

What is Spanning Tree Protocol?

400

Use one of these to fetch requests for you from the local IP of this device as opposed to your own

What is a proxy server?

400

The presence of these indicates frames crossing the network that are too large

What are Giants?

500

Use this to avoid EMI in nearly any network environment, expensive

What is Fiber Optic?

500

Use this to deliver power to network devices that are difficult to get to to reduce the number of wires you are running, commonly used in security devices and VOIP phones

What is PoE or Power Over Ethernet?

500

Uses correlation tables to determine if an intrusion is taking place with the intent to notify parties only

What is and IDS Intrusion Detection System?

500

You will get an increasing number of these as frames are corrupted due to network issues

What are CRC or Cyclic Redundancy Checks?

500

You will get these if packets are being discarded due to overflows or errors

What are Dropped packets?