The Network Layer Chap 6 Flashcards
4 basic processes of the Network layer
addressing end devices
encapsulation
routing
de-encapsulation
3 basic charecteristics of IP
connectionless
best effort(unreliable)
media independent
what happens if out-of-order or missing packets create problems for the application using the data?
upper layer services, such as TCP, must resolve the issue
What is the only major characteristic of the network-layer of the media considers?
the maximum size of the PDU that each medium can transport or the maximum transmission unit (MTU)
what is it called when and intermediate device such as a router must split up a packet when forwarding it from one medium to a medium with a smaller MTU?
fragmenting the packet or fragmentation
What are the 2 parts to an IPv4 packet?
IP header and Payload
What are the 6 significant fields in an IPv4 header?
- version 2. Differentiated Services(DS) 3. TTL 4. Protocol 5. Source IP 6. Destination IP
what is the 8 bit ipv4 header field that indicates the data payload type that the packet is carrying?
Protocol field
Which ipv4 packet header field uses the traceroute command to identify routers used between source and destination?
TTL field
Which ipv4 packet header field is used to determine the priority of each packet?
Differentiated Serviced (DS)
Which ipv4 packet header field is used to identify the ip packet version?
version field
What is the ipv4 version field always set to?
0100
Which ipv4 packet header field identifies the number of 32-bit words in the header?
internet header length
Which ipv4 packet header field error checks the ip header
header checksum
What happens to the packet if the header checksum is incorrect
the packet is dropped
Which ipv4 packet header field defines the entire packet size?
total length
what is the size range a packet can be?
20 bytes to 65535 bytes
what is the size of a packet header?
20 bytes
What are 3 limitations of IPv4
- IP address depletion 2. Internet routing table depletion 3. Lack of end to end connectivity
Advantages of IPv6
- Improved packet handling 2. eliminate the need for NAT 3. Integrated security
how many addresses does ipv4 provide?
4.2 million
how many addresses does ipv6 provide?
340 undecillion
how many header fields does ipv6 have?
8 fields
4 advantages ipv6 headers offer over ipv4 headers?
- Better routing efficiency for performance and forwarding-rate scalability
- No requirement for processing checksums
- Simplified and more efficient extension header mechanisms ( as opposed to the ipv4 options field)
- A flow label field for per-flow processing with no need to open the transport inner packet to identify the various traffic flows
what are the 8 fields in an ipv6 packet header?
Version, traffic class, flow label, payload length, next header, hop limit, source ip address, destination ip address
Which ipv6 header field is equivalent to the ipv4 DS field?
traffic class field
what is the version number in an ipv6 version header filed always set to?
0110
Which ipv6 packet header can be used to inform routers and switches to maintain the same path for the packet flow so that packets are not reordered?
flow label
Which ipv6 packet header is equivalent to the ipv4 protocol field?
next header
Size of the IPV6 header version
4 bits
Size of the IPV6 header traffic class
8 bit
Size of the IPV6 header flow label
20 bit
Size of the IPV6 header payload length
16 bit
Size of the IPV6 header next header
8 bit