OSI Model
Data is known as bits at this layer
What is Layer 1 or the Physical Layer?
In this topology, every node is connected to every other node on the network
What is a mesh topology?
IPv6 is written in this numerical system
What is hexadecimal?
This address helps switches make intelligent forwarding decisions.
What is the MAC address?
This is the largest animal to have EVER lived on earth
What is the blue whale?
This is the layer where we first encounter ports
What is Layer 4 or the Transport Layer?
This type of network would span a campus or potentially an industrial park
What is a CAN (Campus Area Network)?
Written in dotted decimal notation, this is the address I might use for testing. Some would say it hits close to home.
What is 127.0.0.1?
These are the two ways a router can learn about routes.
What are Statically and Dynamically?
This country chose the unicorn as its national animal
What is Scotland?
OSI stands for this
What is Open Systems Interconnection?
This general classification of topologies refers to how data flows, or how the devices in a network see each other.
What is a logical topology?
This is how many useable IP addresses you get from a /25
What is 126?
This route must be statically input and should always configured. Without it, some data may be dropped.
What is the "route of last resort"? (default route)
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Who is Schroeder?
When we send traffic we are doing this, the act of adding on headers as we travel down the OSI Model
What is encapsulation?
This represents where the ISP drops off your Internet service in your building
What is the demarc?
A MAC address, IPv4 address, and an IPv6 address are each how many bits long?
What are 48 bits, 32 bits, and 128 bits?
When a host on the network wants to communicate with another host for the first time, this protocol is needed to begin communication
What is ARP?
This is the last letter that was added to the alphabet as we know it.
What is the letter "J"?
These are the two sub-layers of the Data Link Layer
What are the MAC and the LLC?
In Spanning Tree an election process takes place. The winner is determined by the lowest Bridge ID. The Bridge ID consist of these.
What are the MAC address and the priority?
One of the main advantages that IPv6 brings is this many IP addresses
What is 340 undecillion addresses?
This was the method of media access control for Ethernet before the advent of switches
What is CSMA/CD?
This South American country has the capital city of Quito.
What is a Ecuador?