Quiz #1 Flashcards
How many private ranges of IPv4 addresses for users?
3
What are the classes of private IPv4 addresses?
A - Large - 10.0.0.0
B - Medium - 172.16.0.0
C - Small - 192.168.0.0
Throughput
Measure of speed of bits across media
Latency
Amount of time (including delays) for data to travel from one point to another
What is a host?
Any computer on a network
What are two kinds of hosts?
1) Clients
2) Servers
What is a client?
A host that requests information
What is a server?
A host that holds/provides information
What are the 3 categories of devices in network infrastructure?
1) Intermediate
2) End
3) Network media
What does a ping test measure?
The time to make a round trip between IP addresses
What are each location on a traceroute called?
A hop
G.S.M.
Global System for Mobile Communications
N.I.C.
Networking Interface Card
What does the NIC do?
Piece of hardware that allows end-user devices to connect to a network
What does I.P. stand for?
Internet Protocol
What is the default gateway?
Identifies the networking device the host is using to access the internet
What does the DNS do?
Translates domain names
D.N.S.
Domain Name System
What is DHCP?
A method of dynamically allocating IP addresses to devices on a network.
D.H.C.P.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
What is a peer-to-peer network?
A network with two computers that can both receive and send requests
What is network media?
Wires and radio waves
