Chapter 4 The current Ehternet Specification

Question 1

Before the name is resolved , the first thing to do is to ________ on the LAN to get the users ____ ______ so you can communicate to her PC and Resolve the user’s name to an __ ______. p 95

Answer 1

Broadcast, MAC address, IP address.

Question 2

In a peer to peer network, once the user name is resolved mac and IP addresses both are listed as a ______ address. p 95

Answer 2

Source Address.

Question 3

If you need to effectively implement, troubleshoot, and maintain an Ethernet network .what layers of the these task. p 95

Answer 3

Data link and Physical Layers.

Question 4

If there is a collision happening on my Ethernet LAN network, and i cannot send information to the network at this point what should i do. 97

Answer 4

Wait and try again later because of the collision the network .(back-off).

Question 5

What is a characteristic of a heavy collision network? pg 97

Answer 5

“delay”

Question 6

Describe Baseband p 98

Answer 6

this is where all the bandwith of the phisical media is used by one signal

Question 7

Describe Broadband p 98

Answer 7

This allow us to have both analog voice and digital data carried on the same network cable or physical media