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Ch. 3 Fundamentals Of WANs Flashcards

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How do LANs connect together using a WAN?

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Via a router connected to each LAN with a WAN link between the routers

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What do WANs do?

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Forward data between two routers

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How do you represent a leased line in a diagram

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With a crooked line

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A leased line delivers ____ in both directions using _____ _____

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Bits, full duplex

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A ____ _____ refers to a network a company pays to rent

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Leased line

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Today people refer to their leased lines as _____ _____ as a generic term

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Service provider

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Least circuit, circuit, serial link, serial line, point-to-point links, point to point line, T1, WAN link, link, private line are all types of

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Leased lines

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CO

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Central office

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CPE

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Customer premises equipment

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What does the CPE include

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The router, serial interface card, and CSU/DSU

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CSU

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Channel service unit

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DSU

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Data service unit

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DTE

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Data terminal equipment (cables)

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The serial cables normally used between a router and external CSU/DSU are called

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Data terminal equipment (DTE)

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DCE

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Data communications equipment (cable) DCE

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Leased lines provide what layer of service

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Layer 1 physical

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HDLC

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High-level data link control

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PPP

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Point-to-point protocol

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SP

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Service provider

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POP

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Point of presence

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EoMPLS

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Ethernet emulation and ethernet over MPLS

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MPLS

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Multiprotocol label switching

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What does EoMPLS provide

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A point to point connection between two customer devices

Behavior as if a fiber ethernet link existed between the two devices

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What are the two most popular data link layer protocols used for leased lines

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High-level datalink control HDLC and PPP point to point protocol

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Today most leased lines connect to _____
Routers
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Routers focus on delivering packets to a
Destination host
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A leased line with _____ creates a WAN link between two routers so that they can forward packets for the devices on the attached LANs
HDLC
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What are the two names the CCENT and CCNA go by:
Ethernet emulation and ethernet over MPLs (EoMPLS)
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The EoMPLS service provides
A point-to-point connection between two customer devices Behavior as if a fiber ethernet link existed between the two devices
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The EoMPLS link uses ethernet for both ______ and ______ functions
Layer 1 and layer 2
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In networking terms the Internet is simply one huge _____ network
TCP/IP
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The middle of the Internet is called
The Internet core
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Who owns the Internet core
Internet service providers (ISP)
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Enterprise TCP/IP networks use _____ ______
Leased lines
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SOHO TCP/IP networks use _____ and _____
DSL and cable
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Businesses primarily use ______ networks but can also use cable and DSL
Enterprise TCP/IP
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All three of the Internet access technologies happen use a pair of _____. One of the customer side of the WAN link and one at the ISP side
Routers
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DSL
Digital subscriber line
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DSLAM
DSL access multiplexer
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ISP towards the home
Downstream
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Transmissions towards the ISP
Upstream
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In DSL the downstream is much _____ compared to the upstream
Faster
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WANs and LANs match which OSI layers
Layer 1 physical and layer 2 data link
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WANs can connect devices that can Far apart, even ______ or _____ of ______
Hundreds or thousands of miles
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The term lease liner first effect of the company using the least like does not____ the line but pays a monthly service to use it
Own
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People today use the generic term ____ to refer to a company that provides any form of WAN connectivity
Service provider
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Each site has a _____ which includes the router serial interface card and CSU/DSU
Customer premise equipment (CPE)
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You treader uses a serial interface card the basically acts like a ______ ______ sending and receiving data over the physical link
Ethernet NIC
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The physical link requires a function called a ______ _____ ______/______ ______ ______
Channel service unit(CSU)/data service unit(DSU)
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The CSU/DSU normally provide a function called _______ in which it tells the router exactly when to send each bit by signaling over the serial cable
Clocking
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A router serial interface can provide clocking, but the router does not do so unless configured with the _____ ______ command
Clock rate
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A leased line with ______ protocol creates a ______ link between to routers so they can forward packets for the devices on the attached LANs
HDLC | WAN
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The leased line itself provides the ______ means to transmit the bits in both directions
Physical
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The ______ frames provide the means to encapsulate the network layer packet correctly so it crosses the link between routers
HDLC
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What are the two names of the ethernet WAN service used for the CCNA
Ethernet emulation and ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
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DSL uses ______ ______ telephone line use for a typical home phone
Single pair
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The main function of OSI layer 1 (physical)using WANs is
Delivery of bits from one device to another
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In the cabling for a leased line what typically connect to a four wire line provided by Telco
CSU/DSU
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An accurate speed at which at leased line can operate in the United States is
256 Kbps
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What field does Cisco routers add beyond the ISO and standard HDLC
Type
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Two routers R1 and R2 connect using an ethernet over and MPLS service. The service provides point-to-point service between these two routers only as a layer 2 ethernet service. Name two things that are likely to be true about this WAN
R1 will connect to a physical ethernet link with the other end of the cable connected to the device with the WAN service provider point of presence R1 will forward data link frames to R2 using an ethernet Header/trailer
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Name two Internet access technologies used to connect to a site on an ISP that offer asymmetric speed
DSL and cable
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Fred has just added DSL service at his home with a separate DSL modem and consumer grade router with four ethernet ports. Fred wants to use the same old phone he was using before the installation of DSL. What is most likely true about the phone cabling and phone used with his new DSL installation
He uses the old phone cabled to an existing telephone cord and not to any new device
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What is a telco
Telephone Company

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