N+ Chapter 5 Flashcards
List of connectivity devices (p. 133)
- NIC
- Hub
- Bridge
- Basic switch
- Basic router
- Basic firewall
- IDS/IPS/HIDS
- Access point
- Wireless range extender
- Contention methods
- DHCP server
- Load balancer
- Proxy server
- Cable modem
- DSL modem
- Repeater
- Voice gateway
- Media converter
- VPN headend
- VOIP phone
- Printer
- Physical access control devices
- Cameras
- HVAC sensors
- IoT
- Refrigerator
- Smart speakers
- Smart thermostats
- Smart doorbells
- Industrial control systems/supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
- Installed in your computer to connect your computer to the internet
- Layer 2 device –> uses MAC address for communication (Data Link layer)
- Provides PHYSICAL, ELECTRICAL, and ELECTRONIC connections to the network media
- Can be an EXPANSION CARD or BUILT-IN INTO THE MOTHERBOARD
***** Common now: built into motherboards - Can provide 10, 100, and 1,000 Mbps
- Ethernet speed increasing with 25, 40, and 100 G
NIC
- LED lights of NIC (usually green), indicating that connection has been established
- Flickers when traffic is being passed back or forth
***** No standard for NIC LEDs
(p. 134)
Link light
Automatically assigns IP addresses to hosts
DHCP
Addressing hosts manually
Static assignment/static IP addressing
What happens if the DHCP server isn’t on the same segment as a DHCP client?
The broadcast won’t be received by the server because BY DEFAULT, routers won’t forward broadcasts
Sending request to one server or destination IP
Unicast
Sending request to multiple servers
Broadcast
True or False: It is possible to have DHCP server on every network segment, but that is not necessary because of the routers forwarding ability
True
Provide IP configuration for hosts on a specific subnet
Can provide the following to DHCP clients:
1. TTL
2. DNS server
3. TFTP server –> especially important for IP phones that need to get a configuration for a TFTP server
Scope options
The amount of time before the IP address and other DHCP information expires on the client (p. 150)
*** Important because it tells you that the DHCP server is no longer handing out IP addresses to hosts
*** Fix: check server settings
Lease time
Used by Windows for name resolution
NetBIOS information
Host always receives the same IP address because of this.
Reservation list/MAC reservation
Why is it called MAC reservation?
Reservation is made on the basis of the router interface Mac address
When to use reservation list?
- You would use this reservation list for routers or servers if they were not statically assigned
- You can use the reservation list for any host on your network as well
What layer is DHCP?
Application layer
Ports for DHCP
67 and 68
What do you need to do if you need to provide addresses from a DHCP server to host that aren’t on the same LAN as a DHCP server?
*** If we don’t do this, the request will just be dropped.
DHCP relay
Configuring router interface to relay or forward the DHCP client requests
DHCP relay
ip helper-address
Ex:
Router#config t
Router(config)#int fa0/0
Router(config-if)#ip helper-address 10.10.10.254
Command that can be used for DHCP relay
Used to forward DHCP broadcasts to where they need to go
Traffic for UDP ports are automatically forwarded to the specified address
Phonebook of the internet
DNS system
FQDN stands for:
Fully Qualified Domain Name
hostname and domain name
FQDN/Fully Qualified Domain Name
name of a device that has a specific IP address
Hostname
The process of finding the IP address for any given hostname
Name resolution
Name resolution ways:
- hosts file –> statically type all the names and the IP addresses of all hosts
- request broadcast on the local network –> Microsoft’s fave
- DNS
- WINS - Windows Internet Naming Service
How are domains arranged on the internet?
Hierarchical structure
Top-level domain is called:
Root
Gives the IP address of a domain or host
A record or address record
In IPV6, A record is called:
Quad-A or AAAA record
If you know the IP address and want to know the host name
Pointer record (PTR)
Translates mail records and points to the mail exchanger for particular hosts
Mail Exchange record (MX record)
Indicates the order in which they should be accessed by other mail delivery systems
Priority code
Other names for CName
canonical name; alias record
Allows hosts to have more than one name
CName
If you want a machine to have the the name FTP so that users can use FTP to access a different portion of the file system as an FTP root, how can accomplish this?
CName record
Ex. p.157