Network Equipment
Connects the devices to a LAN
What is a Router?
An expansion card that allows the computer to connect to a network.
What is a Network Interface Card?
A tool used to test the functionality of an Ethernet cable.
What is a cable tester?
A password used to connect devices to a wireless network
What is a Pre-Shared Key?
Allows the devices to communicate with each other.
A device that gets the data from the Internet, requested by the client through the router, and sends it back to the router.
What is a Modem?
A piece of hardware that allows the computer to connect to a network wirelessly.
What is a Wireless Network Interface?
A tool that helps to find the other end of a cable
What is a Tone Prober?
A list that shows the permissions of a user on a folder/file.
What is the Access Control List?
The WAN that we are using right now and that covers the entire planet.
What is the Internet?
Fulfills the client's requests (like sending resources and data etc.).
What is the purpose of the server?
A Network in which the computers are both the clients and the servers.
What is a peer-to-peer Network?
A tool that attaches the wires to their cable clip
What is a Crimper(s)?
A Private Network that is not connected to the Internet
What is Intranet?
A computer that sends requests to the server to obtain data and resources.
What is a Client?
Protects your Network from malicious people.
What is a firewall?
Rules that the computers should follow to understand each other on the Network
What are Network Protocols?
A separate network that is within the network.
What is a VLAN?
People who manage the permissions of the users on the network and can control the network equipment.
Who are the administrators?
A type of Network that covers whole regions or countries
What is a WAN (Wide Area Network)?
Required device to connect wireless devices to a Network.
An Access Point
The common type of Ethernet Media Cable.
What is RJ-45?
A peripheral used in case that the computer doesn't have a Wireless Network Interface to connect to a Wireless Network.
What is an USB Wireless adapter?
Unique numbers assigned by the computer to receive specific information.
What are the Network Ports?
A Network Address that can be changed and can be used to connect to other networks.
What is an IP Address/Logical Address?