Test ch. 6-8 Flashcards
What is a Default Gateway?
In a TCP/IP network, the IP address of the router that interconnects the LAN to a wider network, usually the Internet. This router’s IP address is part of the necessary TCP/IP configuration for communicating with multiple networks using IP.
What is NAT?
Network Address Translation - A means of translating a system’s IP address into another IP address before sending it out to a larger network. NAT manifests itself by a NAT program that runs on a system or a router. A network using NAT provides the systems on the network with private IP addresses. The system running the NAT software has two interfaces: one connected to the network and the other connected to the larger network.
The NAT program takes packets from the client systems bound for the larger network and translates their internal private IP Addresses to its own public IP address, enabling many systems to share a single IP address.
When subnetting, do not think of each subnet mask in dotted decimal, rather work with it in binary and another notation that uses a slash and is named for the method of generating blocks of IP addresses.
CIDR
Every IP node on a network has a routing table.
True
Routers work primarily with the source IP address of each packet.
False
Nat is the same as routing.
False
At which layer of the OSI model do routers work?
Network
The process of installing a large structured cabling system is so simple and logical that even a novice network tech can do it, following the published guidelines.
False
Which of the following is not an accurate description of the differences in stranded core and solid core cabling.
Stranded core is UTP while solid core is fiber-optic cabling.
Which of the following IP addresses is an APIPA address?
169.254.1.30
What network protocol do Linux and Apple (Macintosh) systems most commonly use today?
TCP/IP
Of the following, which would probably not be true of a network that occupies multiple stories of a large building?
one telecommunications room supporting the entire network
What is structured cabling?
Standards defined by the TIA/EIA that define methods of organizing the cables in a network for ease of repair and replacement.
Name 3 important elements of basic structured cabling network.
- Telecommunications room
- Horizontal Cabling
- Work Area
What is the telecommunications room?
Equipment goes in here. All cables run horizontally from here. IDF (intermediate distribution frame)
What is horizontal cabling?
Cabling that connects the equipment room to the work areas.
What is a run?
A single piece of of installed horizontal cabling.
What is the work area?
An office or cubicle that contains a PC and telephone.
Who sets the standards fo cabling?
TIA/EIA
What is solid core?
Uses a single solid wire, better conductor, but stiff and will break if handled too much. TIA/EIA says horizontal cabling should be solid core.
What is stranded core?
Each wire is a bundle of tiny wire strands. Not as good as a conductor as solid core, but handles more handling without breaking.
Equipment racks
All equipment racks are 19 inches wide. Vary in height.
What is a patch panel?
A box with a row of female connectors (ports) in the front and permanent connections in the back, to which you connect the horizontal cables.
What is a 110 block?
Also called a 110-punchdown block. A connector for a patch panel. Use a punchdown tool.
What is a patch cable?
Short, UTP cables. Stranded. Patch cables add extra distance between the switch and the PC.
What is a demarc?
Connections from the outside world that come into a building at a location. aka demarcation point.
What is a NIU?
Network Interface Unit. In a private home, the DSL or cable modem supplied by your ISP.
What is a smart jack?
Special NIU that determines if the customer has disconnected from the NIU. Set up a remote loopback - critical for loopback testing when you’re at one end of the connection and the other connection is blocks or even miles away.
Demarc Extension
Any cabling that runs from the network interface to whatever box is used by the customer as a demarc.
Multiplexer
A device that merges information from multiple input channels to a single output channel.
Vertical cross-connect
The main patch panel.
MDF
Main Distribution Frame. Stores all the equipment.
Cable Drop
The location where the cable comes out of the wall in the workstation.
Raceways
Products that adhere to the wall. Running cables along the walls.
Determining the Telecommunications room
- Distance - Won’t require cable runs longer than 90 meters.
- Power - Make sure there is enough power.
- Humidity - none
- Cooling - Keep cool
- Access - only authorized people