3 - Network Addressing Flashcards
What does IEEE stand for?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Who assigns the manufacturing code of a mac address?
IEEE or institute of electrical and electronics engineers
What does BIA stand for?
Burned in Address
Ethernet is a _________________ network technology commonly used in local area networks.
broadcast
A NIC will ignore frames that are not intended for?
- its own address
- the network broadcast address
- relevant group address ie multicast group
What is the 802.3 IEEE standard based off of?
CSMA/CD or Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
what type of ethernet networks do not use any method to control media access?
Full-Duplex Ethernet
How many fields does an ethernet frame consist of?
Seven
How many fields of an ethernet frame are considered the header?
the first five
What are the seven fields of an ethernet frame?
- preamble field
- SOF or start of frame field/ SFD start frame delimeter
- destination address field
- source address field
- type field
- data field
- FCS or frame check sequence field
What is the preamble field of an ethernet frame used for?
notify receiving hosts that a frame is being sent
What is the SOF field of an ethernet frame used for?
synchronization with other hosts on the lan
what is the destination address field of an ethernet frame used for?
to house the mac address of the intended host
what is the source address field of an ethernet frame used for?
to house the mac address of the sending host
What is the major difference between an Ethernet II frame and an older 802.3 frame?
Ethernet II frames use the type field to identify the Network layer protocol. 802.3 frames use a length field because it cannot identify the protocol
How big can the data field of an ethernet frame be?
46 to 1500 bytes
How big is the preamble field of an ethernet frame?
7 bytes
How big is the SFD or start frame delimiter field of an ethernet frame?
1 byte
How big is the destination address field of an ethernet frame?
6 bytes
How big is the source address field of an ethernet frame?
6 bytes
How big is the type/length field of an ethernet frame?
2 bytes
How big is the FCS or Frame Check Sequence field of an ethernet frame?
4 bytes
How many 8-bit octets make up a MAC address?
six
How many bytes are in a MAC address?
six
What is an OUI?
Organizationally Unique Identifier, the first three octets of a MAC address
What are the last three octets of a MAC address?
NIC-specific identifier
What does an I/G bit represent in a MAC address?
Individual(bit is a 0) or Group (bit is a 1). It is the second least significant bit in the most significant byte. Least significant is on the right and most significant is on the left.
What does an G/L or U/L bit represent in a Mac address?
Global or Universal (bit is a 0) or Local (bit is a 1). It is the least significant bit in the most significant byte. Least significant is on the right and most significant is on the left.
Where is the most significant octet of a MAC address?
The left most octet or octet 0
Where is the most significant bit in an octet of a MAC address?
The left most bit in the octet
Who assigns public ip addresses?
IANA or Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
What is an example of a routed protocol?
IP
What is included in an IPv4 header?
- Version field
- IHL or IP Header length field
- TOS or Type of Service field
- Total Length field
- Identification field
- Flags field
- Fragment Offset field
- TTL or Time to Live field
- Protocol field
- Header Checksum field
- Source Address field
- Destination Address field
- Options field
What is the size of an IPv4 header without options?
20 bytes or 160 bits
How big is the Version field of an IPv4 header?
4 bits
How big is the IHL or IP Header Length field of an IPv4 header?
4 bits
How big is the TOS or Type of Service field of an IPv4 header?
8 bits or 1 byte
How big is the Total Length field of an IPv4 header?
16 bits or 2 bytes
How big is the Identification field of an IPv4 header?
16 bits or 2 bytes
How big is the Flags field of an IPv4 header?
3 bits
How big is the Fragment Offset field of an IPv4 header?
13 bits
How big is the TTL or Time to Live field of an IPv4 header?
8 bits or 1 byte
How big is the Protocol field of an IPv4 header?
8 bits or 1 byte
How big is the Header Checksum field of an IPv4 header?
16 bits or 2 bytes
How big is the Source Address field of an IPv4 header?
32 bits or 4 bytes
How big is the Destination Address field of an IPv4 header?
32 bits or 4 bytes
How big is the Options field of an IPv4 header?
variable length
What is the loopback address for IPv4?
127.0.0.1
What are the private IP addresses for IPv4?
- 0.0.0/8
- 16.0.0/12
- 168.0.0/16
What is used to translate private IP addresses to public IP addresses?
NAT or Network Address Translation
What does APIPA stand for?
Automatic Private IP Address
What is the range for APIPA?
169.254.0.0/16
What RFC or Request for Comments specifies APIPA?
RFC 3927
What are multicast addresses?
Used to send a single stream of data to multiple devices simultaneously, conserving bandwidth
What is the All Hosts multicast address?
224.0.0.1
What is the multicast range?
224.0.0.0/4
What is the global broadcast address of IPv4?
255.255.255.255
What is the global broadcast address in IPv4 used for?
Used to send data to every computer on a subnet
Binary system is based off of what?
Base-2 system
What is a base-2 system?
only capable of using two numbers, either a 0 or a 1
How many bits are in an octet?
8 bits
What is dotted decimal?
Way of expressing a binary number as a group of decimal numbers.