3. Fundamentals of WAN Flashcards
What are different names for a leased line
Serial Link Point to point T1 WAN link Private line
What are the two most used datalink protocols for leased lines1
HDLC
PPP
What does HDLC stand for
High-Level Data Link Control
What does PPP stand for
Point to Point Protocol
What are the parts of the HDLC headers and compare them to an Ethernet frame
Flag - Preamble/SFD Address - Destination MAC Control - N/A - no longer used today Type - Type FCS - FCS
Draw an HDLC frame
Flag 1 byte | Address 1 byte| Control 1 byte | Type 2byte | Data (variable) | FCS 2 byte
What is in a Cisco HDLC frame that’s different from ISO HDLC
Type
What are disadvantages with Leased Lines
higher cost
longer lead times to get service installed
slower compared to today’s standards (10Mbps)
What is the router on a customer’s site called
Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
Where does the customer’s CPE connect to on the telco side
Telco switch
What are different names for Ethernet WAN
Ethernet Line Service (E-Line)
Ethernet emulation
Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
What kind of connections are used in lease lines
serial connections
Where does a customer’s router connect to
Service Provider Point of Presence (PoP)
What is the focus of Internet Protocol (IP)
Routing data in the form of IP packets form source host to destination host
What is the size of a IPv4 header
20 Bytes