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RJ-45 Cable
connector used to terminate a copper twisted-pair ethernet cable
F Type connector
used with coaxial cables
DB-9
used to terminate an RS-232 serial cable
- connected to serial port or external modem
RJ-11 connector
used to terminate cables for phone lines
802.11a
5 GHz frequency to provide wireless networking at speeds up to 54 mbps
802.11b
2.4 GHz frequency with speeds up to 11 Mbps
802.11g
2.4 GHz with speeds up to 54 Mbps
802.11n
2.4 GHz frequency with speeds up to 108 Mbps or a 5 GHz frequency with speeds up to 600 Mbps
- supports MIMO
- The nominal data rate is 72 Mbps per stream or 150 Mbps per stream for a 40 MHz bonded channel.
802.11ac
- WIFI 5
- 5 GHz frequency with speeds up to 3.5 Gbps
- supports up to 4 simultaneous clients
802.11ax
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies with speeds up to 9.6 Gbps
- MU-MIMO
AAAA record
associates your domain name with an IPv6 address
A record
associates domain name with IPv4 address
MX record
used for outgoing and incoming traffic
SOA
start of authority resource record indicates which DNS is best source of information for the specified domain
cable stripper
used to remove the plastic jacket from an ethernet cable to access its internal wires
cable tester
ensures a cable is properly created as a patch cable or a crossover cable
punchdown tool
used to connect an ethernet cable to the back of a patch panel or network wall jack
crimper
tool used to attach an RJ-45 plastic connector to an unshielded twisted pair or STP or patch cable
loopback plug
test a port
F12
enter boot menu/BIOS
F11
boot into recovery menu
F8
advanced boot options
port 137
NetBIOS