Block 5 Flashcards
The Physical Address on the NIC is 48 bits long and I commonly called the __________.
Media access control (Mac) address
Every node/host attached to an Ethernet network must have a ____________ to connect to network media.
Network interface card
MAC address are represented as a series of __________ hexadecimal characters. Each character is representative of 4 bits referred to as ____________.
A. 12
B. Nibble
To ensure manufacture do not duplicate MAC addresses, the _________ manages the assignment of the first 24 bits and the bits and the manufacturer is responsible for providing the last 24 bits of a MAC address.
IEEE
The MAC address is sufficient when your transmissions stay within the boundary of a ___________
Single LAN
All three nodes/computers can communicate using only the __________ to send traffic to the respective computer
MAC address
To view the MAC address of the NIC on any computer running the Windows OS, you simply open a command window and excuse the _____________ command.
Ipconfig/all
The Mac address is displayed as the ___________.
Physical address
What is the relationship between the network and node?
Name analogy
If you need to talk to a node on another network somewhere else on the internet?
You must use an addressing scheme that identifies both the node and the network to which the node is connected.
You need to specify the individuals _______ and also the _____________ name that the person is part of in order to properly locate them and communicate with him.
First name
Family
Other names for MAC address are
Burned in address (BIA) Ethernet Address (EA) Hardware address Physical address NIC address Layer 2 address Serial number