The Internet

Question 1

What’s the Default Gateway?

Answer 1

The router to which you connect at the ISP

Question 2

What is Telnet and SSH?

Answer 2

Telnet is a terminal emulation program for TCP/IP networks that uses port 23 and enables you to connect to a server or fancy router and run commands on that machine as if you were sitting in front of it

SSH works just like Telnet. Behind the scenes, SSH uses port 22, and the entire connection is encrypted, preventing any eavesdroppers from reading your data

Question 3

What is MAC OS X’s built in remote assistance app called?

Answer 3

Screen Sharing

Question 4

What is LDAP?

Answer 4

(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

Enables operating systems and applications to access directories. If you’ve got a Windows Server system running Active Directory, for example, Windows uses LDAP to do anything with Active Directory

Question 5

What is SNMP?

Answer 5

(Simple Network Management Protocol)

Enables remote query and remote configuration of just about anything on a network.

Question 6

What is SMB?

Answer 6

(Server Message Block)

Windows’ network file and print sharing protocol.

Question 7

What is AFP?

Answer 7

(Apple Filing Protocol)

A protocol to support file sharing between Macintosh computers on early LANs. Just like SMB, AFP survives to this day as a way for Mac OS X machines to share files with Macs new and old

Question 8

What advantage does dial-up have over DSL?

Answer 8

DSL has a fairly short limit of 18,000 feet from a main switch, leaving people in rural areas (in the United States, at least) out of luck. Dial-up just requires a phone line.

Question 9

Which of the following cellular data technologies is often considered 4G?

Answer 9

LTE