Abbreviations Flashcards
MAN
In size between LAN and WAN, managed by large organisation
DSL
Phone line, high bandwidth
DLL
Private leased line, expensive, for company
SMF (price, distance, core size)
Powered by strong laser, good for long distances, small cores
MMF (price, distance, core size)
Powered by cheap LED, short distances, bigger core
PPP
Provides a means to transmit over serial link
Serial port (connect to what with what)
Used to connect to switch using rollover cable
FCS (What for, how, where, size)
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.
SFD (what for, how, where, size)
Part of the Preamble, determines start of frame. 1 byte long.
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. Used for error checking
MTU
Each medium has it’s own MTU determining max size of packets. The Data Link Layer tells the Network layer about it.
DSCP (what for, how, where, size)
Part of DS, 6 bits
ECN (what for, how, where, size)
Part of DS, 2 bits
DS (what for, how, where, size)
Used to determine the priority of each packet. 8 bits long.
APIPA (what is the IP range)
169.254.0.1 t/m 169.254.255.254