Section 11 Flashcards
3 WAN connection types
Dedicated Leased Line
Circuit Switched Connection
Packet-Switched Connection
Dedicated Leased Line
Point to point connection between two sites
All bandwidth all the time
Expensive
Digital circuits
Circuit-Switched Connection
Connection is brought up only when needed, like making a phone call
Packet-Switched Connection
Always on
Multiple customers share bandwidth
SLAs used to guarantee a certain quality
CSU/DSU
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Terminates the digital signal at customer location
Dedicated leased line
Metro ethernet
Ethernet interfaces to customers
Less expensive than specialized ports used in CSU/DSU
Technology used hidden from customer
PPP
Point-to-point protocol
Layer 3 protocol on dedicated leased lines to transmit layer 3 protocols simultaneously
LCP
PPP Link Control Protocol Multilink interface Looped link detection Error detection Authentication
PPP Authentication methods
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS_CHAP)
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
Performs one-way authentication between slient and server
Credentials in clear text
CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
Performs one-way authentication using three-way handshake
Hashed credentials
MS-CHAP
Microsoft Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
Microsoft version of CHAP
PPPoE
PPP over ethernet
Commonly used with DSL modes
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL
Asymmetric DSL Maximum distance to DSLA: 18k ft Voice and data on same line Downstream: 8Mbps Upstream: 1.544 Mbps