Networking

Question 1

WAP/AP

Answer 1

Wireless Access Point

Question 2

Switch

Answer 2

network controller: connects computers, printers, and servers to a network in a building or campus

Question 3

Router

Answer 3

Connects multiple switches to create a larger network, connects business network to the internet

Question 4

Client-Server

Answer 4

WWW

Question 5

Peer-to-Peer

Answer 5

any node can talk to any node, all nodes are equal, each node is both a server and a client

Question 6

LAN

Answer 6

Local Area Network

Question 7

TCP/IP model

Answer 7

• Data Link - e.g. eth, wifi
• Networking - e.g. IP
• Transport - e.g. TCP, UDP
• Application - e.g. HTTP/S

Question 8

IPv4

Answer 8

32 bits for addressing

Question 9

IPv6

Answer 9

128 bits for addressing

Question 10

NAT

Answer 10

Network Address Translation

Allow the use of private IP addresses inside networks

Question 11

DHCP

Answer 11

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

IP address is not fixed, DHCP is used to auto assign logical address (IP) to any host on the network

Question 12

IPv4 Private IPs

Answer 12

10.

192. 168.
193. 16.

Question 13

DNS

Answer 13

Domain Name System

translates names into IP address by a DNS server usually located on the internet

Question 14

NIC

Answer 14

network interface controller/card - hard ware component that connects the computer to a computer network