Broadcast & Broadcast Domain

Question 1

MAC Broadcast Address

Answer 1

FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF (Hexadecimal)
Binary is 48 1’s

Question 2

IP Address

Answer 2

Logical address to a computer

Question 3

MAC Address

Answer 3

Physical address to a computer

Question 4

Broadcast

Answer 4

Message that is sent to every computer on the network

Question 5

Broadcast Messages

Answer 5

ARP requests, broadcast message is sent out and then the ARP table updates all its information with the MAC address and IP address of the responding computers

Question 6

Broadcast Storm

Answer 6

Occurs when a loop is present. Uncontrollable broadcast traffic that keeps repeating and repeating through out the network.

Basically receiving a frame and then sending it back out endlessly.

Switch prevents broadcast storms because switches are smart and can stop loops

Question 7

Broadcast Domain

Answer 7

Logical group

Question 8

Broadcast Traffic

Answer 8

Broadcast traffic cannot leave the broadcast domain

Question 9

Separate Broadcast Domains

Answer 9

Routers are the border police of broadcast domains and separate broadcast domains.

Switches can separate them with VLANs (virtual local are network) as they allow us to make logical networks

Question 10

Unicast

Answer 10

Addressed to a single device

Question 11

Multicast

Answer 11

Addressed to a group