CompTIA A+ (Core 1) Flashcards
POP3 (Name, port, description)
Post Office Protocol v3
tcp/110
Download/receive email to local email client (unsecure)
POP3S (Name, port, description)
Post Office Protocol v3 secure
tcp/995
Downloads/receive email to local email client (w/ Secure Socket layer settings)
IMAP4 (Name, port, description)
Internet Message Access Protocol v4
tcp/143
A newer email client protocol from POP3 and allows access to mail on a central server.
IMAP4S (Name, port, description)
Internet Message Access Protocol v4 Secure
tcp/993
IMAP4 w/ Secure Socket Layer settings
SMTP (Name, port w/+w/out authentication, description)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
tcp/25 (no authentication)
tcp/587 (authentication)
Transfer email between mail servers.
FTP (Name, port x2, description)
File Transfer Protocol
tcp/20 (active mode data), tcp/21 (control the comms)
Sends/receives files between systems
SSH (Name, port, description)
Secure Shell
tcp/22
Encrypted console access
Telnet (Name, port, description)
Telecommunication Network
tcp/23
Insecure console access
DNS (Name, port x2, description)
Domain Name System
udp/53, tcp/53
Convert domain names to IP addresses
HTTP (Name, port, description)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
tcp/80
Web server communication
HTTPS (Name, port, description)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
tcp/443
Web server communication with encryption
RDP (Name, port, description)
Remote desktop protocol
tcp/3389
Graphical display of remote devices
NetBIOS N (Name, port, description)
NetBIOS Name service
udp/137
Register, remove and find Windows services by name
-Older version of SMB
NetBIOS D (Name, port, description)
NetBIOS Datagram service
udp/138
Windows connectionless data transfer
-Older version of SMB
NetBIOS S (Name, port, description)
NetBIOS Session service
tcp/139
Windows connection-oriented data transfer
-Older version of SMB
SMB (Name, port, description)
Server Message Block/Common Internet File System (CIFS)
tcp/445
Windows file transfers and printer sharing
-Newer version of NETBIOS
AFP (Name, port, description)
Apple Filing Protocol
tcp/548
Mac OS file transfer
SLP (Name, port x2, description)
Service location protocol
tcp/427, udp/427
Find Mac OS services by name
DHCP (Name, portx2, description)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
udp/67, udp/68
Automate the IP address configuration process
LDAP (Name, port, description)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
tcp/389
Directory services
SNMP (Name, port, description)
Simple Network Management Protocol
udp/161
Gather metrics and manage network devices
What is TCP and what does it stand for?
Transmission Control Protocol - Connection oriented protocol + a reliable form of delivery.
- Recovers from error.
- Manage out -of-order messages/re-transmission.
- Receiver acknowledges info was received to sender.
- Flow control (Receiver manage how much data sent)
What is UDP and what does it stand for?
User Datagram Protocol - Connectionless protocol + unreliable form of delivery.
- No error recovery
- No reorder of data or transmission
- No acknowledgement from receiver when data is received
- No flow control
Which OSI layer does TCP/UDP take place in?
OSI Layer 4 - Transport layer
What is a repeater?
- Extends network connections for a specific topology
- Receives signal, regenerate and resend (No forwarding decisions)
- Goes into 1 connection and comes out another connection (i.e. Boosts copper/fiber connection, convert one network media to another etc.)
What is a hub?
- It is a multi-port repeater (traffic goes into 1 port and is repeated to every other port)
- Half duplex (2 devices can’t communicate concurrently)
- Becomes less efficient as network speeds increase/doesn’t scale when increasing network traffic
- Ethernet hubs operate @ 10/100 megabits
What is a bridge?
- A switch with 2-4 ports (forwarding decision based in software)
- Connects different physical network topologies (i.e. WAP = a bridge as wire ethernet > wireless)
- Distributes traffic based on MAC address
What is a switch?
- It is a bridge, but done in hardware.
- Allows for scaling and forwards traffic based on data link address
- Many ports/features and maybe power over ethernet
- Multi-layer switch (based on MAC address)
What is a unmanaged switch?
- Plug/play, fixed configuration, little integration with other devices
- Low price point
- No VLANs
What is managed switch?
- VLAN support (interconnect w/ other switches via 802.1Q)
- Traffic prioritization
- Redundancy support
- Port mirroring (Capture packets for analysis)
What is a router?
- Routes traffic between IP subnets
- Makes forward decisions based on IP address
- Sometimes are inside switches > called layer 3 switches
- Connects diverse network types on same router (i.e. LAN, WAN, copper, fiber)
What is a wireless access point (WAP)?
- A WAP is a bridge (Extends wired network onto wireless network)
- Makes forwarding decisions based on MAC address
- A wireless router = A router + WAP in a single device
What is a Wireless LAN Controller?
- Centralized management of WAPs
- Performance/security monitoring
- Configure/deploy changes to all sites
- Uses proprietary tech (i.e. Cisco)
- Can be cloud-based
What is a firewall?
- Filters traffic by port number (OSI Layer 4, TCP/UDP)
- Some can filter based on application
- Can encrypt traffic in/out of your network (VPN)
- Can proxy traffic (Sits in middle to intercept request and send/receives for you)
- Sits on the ingress/egress (enter/exit) of the network
What is a cable modem?
- Broadband network (i.e. Shaw)
- Transmission across different frequencies (5/2.4 Ghz)
- Data on the cable network (DOCSIS > Data Over Cable service interface specification)
- Multiple services (i.e. Data, voice, video)
What is a DSL Modem?
- DSL/ADSL = Asymmetric Digital subscriber line
- Uses telephone lines (RJ11) instead of cable lines of cable modems
- Called ADSL cuz download speed is faster than upload speed (asymmetric)
What is PoE?
- Power over Ethernet
- Power provided on an Ethernet cable (1 wire for both network/electricity)
What is EoP?
- Ethernet over Power, AKA PLC (Power line communication)
- Provides ethernet over power cables
802.11a (Frequency, Max MIMO stream, Max throughput per stream, max total throughput)
MIMO = Multi-input/output (multi-receivers to receive/send data)
Frequency: 5 GHz
Max MIMO streams: N/A
Max throughput (per stream): 54 Mbit/s
Max throughput (total): 54 Mbit/s
802.11b (Frequency, Max MIMO stream, Max throughput per stream, max total throughput)
Freq: 2.4 GHz
Max MIMO streams: N/A
Max throughput (per stream): 11 Mbit/s
Max throughput (total): 11 Mbit/s
802.11g (Frequency, Max MIMO stream, Max throughput per stream, max total throughput)
Freq: 2.4 GHz
Max MIMO streams: N/A
Max throughput (per stream): 54 Mbit/s
Max throughput (total): 54 Mbit/s
802.11n (Frequency, Max MIMO stream, Max throughput per stream, max total throughput)
Freq: 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz
Max MIMO streams: 4 MIMO
Max throughput (per stream): 150 Mbit/s
Max throughput (total): 600 Mbit/s
802.11ac (Frequency, Max MIMO stream, Max throughput per stream, max total throughput)
Freq: 5 GHz
Max MIMO streams: 8 MU-MIMO
Max throughput (per stream): 866.7 Mbit/s
Max throughput (total): ~6.8 Gbit/s
802.11 @ 2.4 GHz non-overlapping channels?
Channel 1, 6, or 11
RFID name/examples
Radio Frequency ID
- Anything that needs to be tracked via radar tech (i.e. animal/pet ID, access badges)
- Mostly 1 way communication
NFC name/examples
Near field communication
- 2 way wireless communication (builds on RFID)
- Ex. Cell phone credit card payments
IPv4 (bits, bytes, octet)
Internet Protocol v4 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
-Total = 32 bits/4 bytes (8 bits or 1 byte/octet x 4)
IPv6 (bits, bytes, octet)
Internet Protocol v6 (16x’s multiply by 8 sections)
-Total = 128 bits/16 bytes (16 bits or 2 bytes x 8 sections)
Ex. fe80::5d18:652:cffd:8f52 (Skip consec 0’s & replace w/ ::)
What are cable crimpers used for?
- Pinches the insulator so that it’s tightly wrapped around the wire
- Pushes down copper tips in connectors so that it makes contact with copper wires inside insulation (i.e. RJ45)
What are multimeter used for?
- Checks AC/DC in wall outlets/wires/batteries
- Continuity testing for cable connectivity, fuse status (if it still works), wire mapping (which pins are connected to which)
What are tone generator used for?
- One is connected to a wire and the other part touches wire to determine the beep
- Where does that wire go?
What are cable testers used for?
- Attaches each end of a wire into a device and identify missing pins/crossed wires from head to toe
- Once plugged, both devices will do a countdown flash for #’s in sync and if something isn’t working, there will be a discrepancy in light flash.
What are loopback plugs used for?
-Used to send traffic out a particular interface, loop them around and send it back into the same interface.
Cable Category 3 (Max Ethernet Standard/Distance)
Ethernet Standard: 10BASE-T (10 Mbit/s)
Distance: 100M
Cable Category 5 (Max Ethernet Standard/Distance)
Ethernet Standard: 100BASE-TX (100 Mbit/s), 1000BASE-T (1000 Mbit/s)
Distance: 100M
Cable Category 53 (enhanced) Max Ethernet Standard/Distance
Ethernet Standard: 100BASE-TX (100 Mbit/s), 1000BASE-T (1000 Mbit/s)
Distance: 100M
Cable Category 6 (Max Ethernet Standard/Distance)
Ethernet Standard: 10GBASE-T (10 Gbit/s)
Distance: 37-55M
Cable Category 6A (Augmented) - Max Ethernet Standard/Distance
Ethernet Standard: 10GBASE-T (10 Gbit/s)
Distance: 100M