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Remote Connectivity Flashcards

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SONET

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Synchronous Optical Network

  • WAN interconnections
  • vast majority of long-distance connections that make up the internet
  • most of the big long-distance optical pipes for the world are SONET rings
  • defines interface standards at the Physical and Data Link Layers
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multiplexer

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  • takes a circuit and combines it with a number of other circuits into one complex circuit
  • requires demultiplexer on the other end
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modulation techiques

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converting a digital signal to analog, or pushing an analog signal to a higher frequency

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FDM

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Frequency Division Multiplexing

- keeping each individiual signal in its own unique frequency range

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Can digital or analog travel farther?

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Digital, because you can use repeaters

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T-carriers

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digital trunk carriers used by the telephone industry

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T1

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T-carrier Level 1

  • T1 connection - the technology
  • T1 line - the specific wire
  • ends with RJ-48C
  • uses signaling method DS1 (digital signal 1)
  • no addressing necessary
  • 24 channels 1.544 Mbps
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CSU/DSU

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Channel Service Unit / Digital Service Unit

  • at end of T1 line
  • point-to-point, can only have 1 at each end
  • has atleast 2 connections, one to demarc, other to router
  • CSU - protects from lightning strikes, stores statistics, and has loopback function for testing
  • DSU - supplies timing to each user port, converts signals, encapsualtes frames
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Connect 2 CSU/DSU boxes together

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T1 Crossover Cable

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TDM

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Time Domain Multiplexing

- process of having frames that carry a portion of every channel in every frame sent on a regular interval

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DS0

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each 64-kbps channel in a DS1 signal

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Fractional T1 Access

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purchasing individual T1 channels

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T3

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  • 672 channels, 44.736 Mbps
  • sometimes called DS3
  • mainly used by regional phone companies and ISPs
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E1

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E-carrier Level 1

  • European format for digial transmissions
  • 32 channels, 2.048 Mbps
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E3

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  • 512 channels , 34.368 Mbps
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HDLC

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High level Data Link Control

- E1 and Sonnet use a derivative protocol as the control channel

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OC standards

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Optical Carrier Standards

  • denote the optical data-carrying capacity in bps of fiber-optic cables in SONET networks
  • speeds from 51.8 Mbps (OC-1)
  • to 39.8 Gpbs (OC-678)
  • can use WDM ro DWDM
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WDM

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Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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DWDM

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Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

- can create about 150 different signals

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CWDM

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Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing

- lower cost

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STS Signal Method

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Synchronous Transport Signal

  • used by Sonet
  • STS payload - data
  • STS Overhead - signal and protocol information
  • STS number will match OC number… ex OC-24 is STS-24
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First packet-switching technology

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X.25 or CCITT packet switching protocol
- enabled remote devices to communicate with each other across high-speed digital links without the expense of individual leased lines

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packet switches

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any machines that forwads and stoers packets using any type of packet-switching protocol

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Frame Relay

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  • efficient packet-switching standard
  • designed for use primarily with T-Carrier lines
  • works espeically well for off-again/on-again traffic typical of most LAN applications
  • works at layers 1 & 2 using frames rather than packets
  • switches frames quickly, but without any guarantee of data integrity
  • will discard frames if there is network congestion
  • replaced by MPLS
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ATM

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode

  • network technology designed for high-speed LANs
  • integrated voice, video and data on one connection using short and fixed-length frames called cells (53 bytes)
  • speeds from 155.52 to 622.08 Mbps
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MPLS

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Multiprotocol Label Switching

  • replacement for Frame Relay and ATM
  • adds an MPLS label that sits between the layer 2 header and the layer 3 information
  • avoids running IP packets through their full routing tables and instead use the header information to route packets quickly
  • MPLS routers use existing dynamic routing protocols to send each other messages about their overhead, enabling QoS to span an entire group of routers
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MPLS header

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label - unique identifier
exp - experimental bits - relative value used to determine the importance of the labeled packet for prioritization
S - Bottom of Label Stack - a single packet may have multiple MPLS labels, this single bit value is set to 1 for the first initial label
TTL - Time to Live - value that determines the number of hops the label can make before it’s eliminated

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28
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FEC

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Forwarding Equivalence Class - a set of packets that can be sent to the same place, sunch as a single broadcast domain of computers connected to a router

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LSR

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Label Switching Router - looks for and forwards packets based on their MPLS label

30
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LER

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Label Edge Router - MPLS router that adds MPLS labels to incoming packets that do not yet have a label, and strips labels off of outgoing packets

31
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LDP

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LSRs and LERs use LDP to communicate dynamic information about their state

32
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PVC

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Permanent Virtual Circuit

- VPN sold by ISPs

33
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Packet-switching vs circuit-switching

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new networks use packet-switching, old networks use circuit switching

34
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Two reasons to use telephony WAN

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get LAN on internet

make a private connection between two or more LANs

35
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BERT

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Bit Error Rate Test

- verifies the T-carrier connection from end to end

36
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City-wide Network

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MAN (metropolitan area network)

37
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Last Mile Technologies

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Dial-up
DSL
Broadband Cable
Satellite
Fiber
38
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Dial up lines

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Dedicated lines - always off the hook, no phone number

Dial-up lines - have phone numbers

39
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PTSN

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Public Switched Telephone Network

40
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POTS

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Plain Old Telephone Service

- 2400 baud rate

41
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LEC

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Local Exchange Carrier - telco

42
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IXC

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Interexchange Carrier - long distance telco

43
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Baud Rate

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the number of bauds per second

44
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UART

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Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

  • takes 8-bit-wide digital signal and converts it to 1-bit-wide digital data and hands it to the modem for conversion to analog
  • does reverse for incoming data
45
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ISDN

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Integrated Services Digital Network

  • process of sending telephone transmission across fully digital lines end-to-end
  • must be within 18,000 ft
46
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ISDN channels

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Bearer channels (B) - carry voice and data using standard DS0 channels at 64 kbps
Delta Channels (D) - carry setup and configuration information at 16 kbps
- typical setup is 2 B and 1 D for 128 kbps
47
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ISDN PRI

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Primary Rate Interface

- just a full T1 line, carrying 23 B channels

48
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DSL

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  • fully digital, dedicated connection
  • no phone number
  • DSL modem considered demarc
49
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SDSL

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Symmetric DSL

- speeds up to 15 mbps

50
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ADSL

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Asymmetric DSL

- different upload/download speeds

51
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SDLAM

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DSL Access Multiplier

- connects multiple customers to the internet

52
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PPPoE

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Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet

  • originally designed to encapsulate PPP frames into ethernet frames
  • made DSL users use a username/password
53
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DOCSIS

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Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification

  • protocol used by cable modems
  • current specification is 3.1
54
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Two types of Satellite internet

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One-way - download satellite, upload on dial-up

Two-way - satellite downloads and uploads

55
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PON

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Passive Optical Network

  • architechture that uses a single fiber run to a neighborhood switch, then individual fibers to each final destination
  • uses WDM to enable multiple signals to travel on the same fiber then splits them at the switch
56
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Remote access

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uses WAN and LAN connections to enable a computer to log onto a network from another location

57
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six most common forms of remote access

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dial-up
private dialup
VPN
Dedicated Connection
Remote Terminal
VoIP
58
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Private Dial-up

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  • Uses phones to connect two systems, not the internet
  • One system acts as an RAS (remote access server)
  • client runs connection tool
  • In windows, RAS is RRAS (routing and remote access service)
59
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VPN

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Virtual Private Network

- allow you to connect rhough a tunnel from a local computer to a remote network securely

60
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Dedicated Connections

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  • remote connection that are never disconnected
  • two types: private and to the internet
  • expensive, but provide high bandwidth and high security
61
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Remote Terminal

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  • a connection to a faraway computer that enables you to control that computer as if you were sitting in front of it
  • require server and client
  • microsoft uses RDP on 3389
62
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RTP

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Real-time Transport Protocol

- defines the types of packets used on the internet to move voice or data from server to clients

63
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SIP and H.323

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Session Initiation Protocol and H.323

  • handle the initiation, setup and delivery of VoIP standards
  • SIP uses ports TCP 5060 and 5061
  • H.323 uses ports 1720
  • both have methods for handling mutlicasting
64
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Skype

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  • doesn’t use clients or servers, uses P2P

- encrypted using proprietary encryption

65
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RTSP

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Real-time Steaming Protocol

  • for streaming video, has features for running, pausing, and stoping videos
  • runs on TCP 554
66
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in-band management

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software installed on both the client and remote system enables direct control over resources

67
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DNS helper

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some ISPs have DNS servers that redirect your browser to advertising when you type in an incorrect URL

68
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What is the signal rate for DS0

69
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V.90 standard defines a modem speed of

70
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What is SONET used for?

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long-distance, high-speed, fiber-optic transmission

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