Computer to Network Connection

Question 1

What is Network design?

Answer 1

Involves knowing how networks are interconnected to support the needs of a business.

Question 2

In small businesses and homes wireless routers preform what role?

Answer 2

It is a access point, Ethernet switch and router

Question 3

Wireless routers are not suitable for what type of business?

Answer 3

Large organizations

Question 4

Wireless NICs connect to which network?

Answer 4

802.11 wireless networks

Question 5

In Windows 7 and Windows Vista where would you manually update a NIC driver?

Answer 5

Start > Control Panel > Device Manager

Question 6

After the NIC driver is installed what must you do?

Answer 6

Configure the IP address settings

Question 7

What is Manually configuring the IP configuration?

Answer 7

The host is statically assigned a specific IP configuration.

Question 8

What is Dynamically configuring the IP configuration?

Answer 8

The host requests its IP address configuration from a DHCP server.

Question 9

Name the 5 steps to manually configure IP settings in Windows 8 and 8.1

Answer 9

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings > right-click Ethernet.

Question 10

What are Speed and Duplex?

Answer 10

Theses are settings that must match with the device to which the NIC is connected.

Question 11

WoL

Answer 11

Wake on LAN

Question 12

What is Wake on LAN?

Answer 12

Settings that are used to wake up a networked computer from a very low power mode state.

Question 13

QoS

Answer 13

Quality of Service

Question 14

What is QoS?

Answer 14

Also called 802.1q It is a variety of techniques that control the flow of network traffic, improve transmission speeds, and improve real-time communications traffic.

Question 15

Green LEDs are often used to indicate what?

Answer 15

An active link connection

Question 16

Amber LEDs are often used to indicate what?

Answer 16

Network activity

Question 17

Home Network vs Network discovery

Answer 17

Network discovery is turned on, which allows you to see other computers and devices on the network and other network users to see your computer.

Question 18

Work Network vs Network discovery

Answer 18

Network discovery is turned on. A homegroup cannot be created or joined.

Question 19

Public Network vs Network discovery

Answer 19

Network discovery is turned off. This network location provides the most protection.

Question 20

NAT

Answer 20

Network Address Translation

Question 21

What is Nat?

Answer 21

The process used to convert private addresses to Internet-routable addresses.