Abbreviations Flashcards

1
Q

MAN

A

In size between LAN and WAN, managed by large organisation

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2
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DSL

A

Phone line, high bandwidth

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3
Q

DLL

A

Private leased line, expensive, for company

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4
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SMF (price, distance, core size)

A

Powered by strong laser, good for long distances, small cores

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5
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MMF (price, distance, core size)

A

Powered by cheap LED, short distances, bigger core

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6
Q

PPP

A

Provides a means to transmit over serial link

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7
Q

Serial port (connect to what with what)

A

Used to connect to switch using rollover cable

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8
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FCS (What for, how, where, size)

A

Used to detect errors in a frame. Uses a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). Both sender and receiver perform CRC. If the results don’t match the frame is dropped. Is in the trailer of the Ethernet frame. 4 bytes long.

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9
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SFD (what for, how, where, size)

A

Part of the Preamble, determines start of frame. 1 byte long.

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10
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CRC

A

Both sender and receiver perform CRC. If the results don’t match the frame is dropped. Is in the trailer of the Ethernet frame. Used for error checking

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11
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MTU

A

Each medium has it’s own MTU determining max size of packets. The Data Link Layer tells the Network layer about it.

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12
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DSCP (what for, how, where, size)

A

Part of DS, 6 bits

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13
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ECN (what for, how, where, size)

A

Part of DS, 2 bits

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14
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DS (what for, how, where, size)

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Used to determine the priority of each packet. 8 bits long.

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15
Q

APIPA (what is the IP range)

A

169.254.0.1 t/m 169.254.255.254

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16
Q

NAT64

A

Translate IPv6 to IPv4

17
Q

GUA

A

Global Unicast Address, Same as public IPv4

18
Q

RA

A

Router Advertisement

19
Q

RS

A

Router Sollicitation

20
Q

EUI-66 (what are the steps)

A

Split MAC between OUI and device identifier, instert FFFE, swap 7th bit

21
Q

DAD (what, how)

A

Duplicate Address Detection

22
Q

NDP

A

Neighbour Detection Protocol. Uses NS and NA. Sends a NS with it’s own IP and hopes not to get a NA back from someone with that IP.

23
Q

NS

A

Neighbour Solicitation

24
Q

NA

A

Neighbour Advertisement

25
Q

CTL

A

Control Bit. SYN ACK FIN RST

26
Q

ISN

A

Initial Sequence Number, is a random number