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Networking Basics: 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, & 3.1 Flashcards

1
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Provides an ethernet connection to the network

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Network Interface Card (NIC)

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2
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Has a number of different ports between 4 & 48 ports

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Hub

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3
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Performs its functions without requiring a configuration

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Unmanaged Switch

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4
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Smart hubs that remember the ports that are connected to them

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Switches

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5
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Device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network

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Wireless Access Point

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6
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Performs its functions with configuration

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Managed Switch

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7
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Used to connect different networks together

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Router

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8
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Scans and blocks traffic that enters or leaves a network

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Firewall

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9
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Device that allows cable networks jacks from a wall into a central area

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Patch Panel

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10
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Supplies electrical power from a switch port over an ordinary data cable to a power device

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Power Over Ethernet (PoE)

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11
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allows the least amount of power to be drawn (13W)

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802.3af

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12
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Allows power devices to draw up to 25W

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802.3at (PoE+)

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13
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Used to supply power of up to 51W (Type 3) or 73 W (Type 4)

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802.3bt

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14
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Plugs into a wall outlet to get power

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Power Injector

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15
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Device that translates coaxial cable signals into phones lines

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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL modem)

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16
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Device that translates coaxial cable signals into radio frequency waves

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Cable Modem

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17
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Terminates fiber connection

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Optical Network terminal (ONT)

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18
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Way of virtualizing the network hardware

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Software Defined Networking (SDN)

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19
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Smallest type of wired or wireless network and covers the least amount of area

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Personal Area Network (PAN)

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20
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Connects Components with a limited distances, the least amount of area

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Local Area Network (LAN)

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21
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Connects LANs that are building centric across a university, industrial park, or business park.

Up to a few hundred feet

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Campus Area Network (CAN)

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22
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Connects scattered locations across a city or metro area

Up to a few miles

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Campus Area Network (CAN)

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23
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Connects scattered locations across a city or metro area

up to about 25 miles

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Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

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24
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Connects geographically disparate internal networks and consists of leased lines or VPNs

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Wide Area Network (WAN)

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25
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wireless distribution method for two or more devices that creates a local area network using wireless frequencies

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Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

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26
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Provisions access to configurable pools of storage devices that can be used by application servers

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Storage Area Network (SAN)

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27
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Uses a centralized server or simply provides clients access to local devices like printers, file storage, or the internet

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Small Office, Home Office (SoHo) LAN

28
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a global network of appliances and personal devices that have been equipped with sensors, software, and network connectivity to report state and configuration

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Internet of Things

29
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Carries voice or data which specifies the standards a device needs to meet in order to connect to the phone or data network

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Registered Jack (RJ)

30
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RJ __ is for data networks

31
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RJ __ is for phone networks

32
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the theoretical measure of how much data could be transferred from a source to its destination

33
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The actual measure of how much data is successfully transferred from a source to its destination

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Throughput

34
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a designation given to a particular category that provides the ability to understand the bandwidth and the cable type to be used

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Ethernet standard

35
Q

Which Cat provides this?

Standard = 100 Base-TX
Bandwidth = 100 Mbps
Distance = 100 meters

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Cat 5 (Fast Ethernet)

36
Q

Which Cat provides this?

Standard = 1000 Base-T
Bandwidth = 1000 Mbps
Distance = 100 meters

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Cat 5e (Gigabit Ethernet)

37
Q

Which Cat provides this?

Standard = 1000 Base-T
Bandwidth = 1000 Mbps
Distance = 100 meters

Standard = 10GBase-T
Bandwidth = 10 Gbps
Distance = 55 meters

38
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Which Cat provides this?

Standard = 10GBase-T
Bandwidth = 10 Gbps
Distance = 100 meters

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Cat 6a and Cat 7

39
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Which Cat provides this?

Standard = 40GBase-T
Bandwidth = 40 Gbps
Distance = 30 meters

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Cat 8 (Fast Ethernet)

40
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Contains the exact same pinouts on both ends of the cable

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Straight through cable (Patch Cable)

41
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preferred when wiring jacks inside of buildings

42
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the ability to take send and receive pins from one cable and swap those on the other end

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Crossover Cable

43
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is an automated way to electronically simulate using a crossover cable

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a medium dependent interface crossover (MDIX)

44
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a cable rating that specifies that a cable has a stronger sheathing and jacket that can withstand more extreme weather conditions

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Direct Burial

45
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a special coating put on a UTP or an STP cable that provides a fire retardant chemical layer to the outer insulating jacket

are for ceilings, walls, raised floors, or air ducts

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Plenum cable

46
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the standard that’s preferred when wiring jacks inside of buildings

47
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Uses light from an LED or laser to transmit info through a thing glass fiber

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Fiber Optic Cable

48
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Smaller core size, covers longer distance, and more expensive

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Single Mode Fiber (SMF)

49
Q

larger core size, covers shorter distances, and less expensive

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Multimode Fiber (MMF)

50
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most common, low-cost, and durable. It’s also known for square connector or stick and click connector.

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subscriber connector (SC)

51
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older types of fiber connectors and to insert it into the jack and then turn half way to lock in place

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Straight tip Connector (ST)

52
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newer and smaller version of an SC connector. It’s known as a love connector because they have 2 subscriber connectors together

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Lucent Connector (LC)

53
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It’s very popular, smaller form factor like half the size, and fits 24 fiber reports

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Mechanical transfer registered jack

54
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One of the oldest categories of copper media that is still used in networking today

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Coaxial Cable (Coax)

55
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similar to coaxial cable but uses 2 inner conductors to carry the data instead of just one

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Twinaxial Cable

56
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Used to cut a piece of cable off a larger spool or run of cable

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Snip / Cutter

57
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Used to strip off the end of the cable and prepare it for attachment to a connector

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Cable Stripper

58
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Used to attach the connector the end of the cable

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Cable Crimper

59
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used to verify the continuity of each of the eight individual wires inside of a twisted pair cable

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cable tester

60
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Works like a cable tester, but specifically for twisted pair ethernet cables

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Wire Mapping Tool

61
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Used to determine a cable’s category or data throughput

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Cable Certifier

62
Q

Terminates the wires and strips off excess installation and extra wires that re no longer needed

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Punch Down Block

63
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Used to generate a tone on one end of the connection and use the probe to audibly detect the wire connected on the other side

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Tone Generator / Toner Probe

64
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testing of simple networking issues

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Loopback Adapter/ Device

65
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Connects directly to the cable infrastructure and splits or copies those packets for analysis, security, or general network management

66
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Ensures proper coverage and prevents overlap between wireless access point coverage zones and channels

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Wireless Analyzer

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