TCP/IP basics Flashcards
What OSI level does TCP work on?
Level 4
What level does Internet protocol work on?
Level 3
What are five things you will find in a TCP packet
Addressing Time to live Total length Protocol (tcp or udp) Ver: ipv4 or 6
With which protocol is “Syn, Syn Ack, Ack” associated?
Tcp has the three way handshake
What is the unabbreviated term for UDP
User datagram protocol
True or false: UDP does not get chopped up during the transport layer and simply gets a header slapped on it
True
What is a packet’s checksum?
A method of verifying the data’s integrity by comparing the checksum to the final product
What two protocols use UDP
DNS, DHCP
What is the method used by NICs to find the mac address of a computer it wishes to communicate with?
It will check its subnet to see if the computer is on the same network, and then send out an address resolution protocol broadcast.
What is the cmd command to see the mac addresses and IPs your computer is aware of on your LAN?
arp -a
How does your computer know where to send a packet when it’s not on the LAN
It sends it to the default gateway by default
How do you figure out the amount of hosts by looking at the IP.
2 to the power of (host bits)
2 represents the binary on/off state
What is the kool kid pattern for remembering ip classes
68123
What is the class a range
1-126
What is the class b subnet range
128-191