Chapter 4 (Routing Protocols and Command Lines)

Question 1

RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

Answer 1

Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), Distance-vector

Question 2

RIPv2 (Routing Information Protocol, version 2)

Answer 2

Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), Distance-vector

Question 3

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)

Answer 3

Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), Link-state

Question 4

IS-IS (Intermediate System to Intermediate System)

Answer 4

Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), Link-state

Question 5

EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol)

Answer 5

Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), Advanced distance-vector

Question 6

BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)

Answer 6

Advanced distance-vector or path vector

Question 7

Distance-vector routing protocols

Answer 7

Calculate the best path to a destination on the basis of the distance to that destination.

Question 8

Link-state routing protocols

Answer 8

enable routers to communicate beyond neighboring routers, after which each router can independently map the network and determine the best path between itself and a message’s destination node.

Question 9

arp

Answer 9

provides a way of obtaining information from and manipulating a device’s ARP table.

Question 10

dig

Answer 10

Queries DNS servers with more advanced options than nslookup.

Question 11

ipconfig or ifconfig

Answer 11

provides information about TCP/IP network connections and the ability to manage some of those settings.

Question 12

netstat

Answer 12

Displays TCP/IP statistics and details about TCP/IP components and connections on a host.

Question 13

nmap

Answer 13

Detects, identifies, and monitors devices on a network.

Question 14

nslookup

Answer 14

Queries DNS servers and provides the ability to manage the settings for accessing those servers.

Question 15

pathping (mtr on Linux/UNIX/macOS)

Answer 15

Sends multiple pings to each hop along a route, then compiles the information into a single report.