Network Configuration Flashcards
Link/Network Interface Layer
Responsible for putting frames in the physical network’s transmission data. (ex. copper twisted pair cable, fiber optic cable). Data can only travel through the local area network.
Internet Layer
Used to address packets and route them across the network.
Transport Layer
Shows How to send the packets.
-Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): Guaranteed connection oriented method of ending packets from one deice to another, slower than UDP
0User Datagram Protocol (UDP): Connectionless protocol, faster than TCP but delivery is not guaranteed
Application Layer
Contains all the protocols that perform higher-level functions (e-mail, file transfer, encryptions, ect.)
IPv4 addresses can be broke into classes
See table!
Multicast Address
A logical identifier for a group of hosts in a computer network (ex, a group chat in Facebook, multicast works the same way)
Class A Network
1st octate: 1-127
Default Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0
Possible hosts: 256 x 256 x 256 = 16.7 million
Class B Network
1st octate: 128-191
Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Possible hosts: 256 x 256 = 65,536
Class C Network
1st octate: 192-223
Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Possible hosts: 256
Class D Network
1st octate: 224-239
Does not have subnetmask assigned to it
Works as a Multicast Address
Class E Network
1st octate: 240-255
Reserved for experimental purposes
Possible hosts: 268 million
Classful Mask
Default subnet mask for a given class of IP addresses
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
Allows for borrowing some of the host bits and reassigning them to the network portion
Ex.
Class C subnet
255.255.255.0
This can be changed to…
255.255.255.192
This essentially divides our host into 4 smaller networks with 64 hosts each. This is known as a CIDR notation
example!
192.168.1.4
255.255.255.0
abbreviates to…
192.168.1.4/24
192.168.1.4
255.255.255.192
abbreviates to…
192.168.1.4/26
Class A CIDR notation
/8
Class B CIDR notation
/16
Class C CIDR notation
/24
IPv4 Public (routable)
Can be accessed ove the Internet and is assigned to the network by an Internet Service Provider
IPv4 Private (non-routable)
Can be used by anyone any time, but only within their own local network. Private Ip ranges include those that start with either 10, 172, or 192