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| Gigabit Ethernet (1000mbps) |
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| Electromagnetic Interference |
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| Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision *Avoidance* |
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| Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision *Detection* |
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| Network Attached Storage - hardrive/storage directly connected to network and accessible though an IP address |
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| OUI - Organizationally Unique Identifier set by IEEE |
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| Last 3 bytes of a MAC address are what? |
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| 48 bits = 6 bytes = 12 hex digits |
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| 32 bits = 4 bytes = 4 octets |
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| 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 |
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| 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 |
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| 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 |
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| 3 items that must be configured for internet connectivity |
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| unique IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway |
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| Name Binding Protocol - AppleTalk name resolution service |
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| AppleTalk media access method |
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| What command do you use to find computers with duplicate IPs? |
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| arp -a which displays a listing of the arp table |
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| What command do you use to add a static entry to the ARP table |
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| List IP addresses that have been resolved to MAC addresses, ie view arp cache |
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| Lists all open connections and listening ports |
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| Utility that shows the route a packet takes to reach a destination, and how much delay is happening at each hop |
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| Traceroute (tracert on Windows) |
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| Command used icmp echo request to determine if a node is up |
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| Command used for information on open connections |
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| Command used for information regarding netbios over tcp/ip |
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| Command to show IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway on windows |
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| Command to show MAC address on windows |
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| Command to show and change IP configuration on UNIX |
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| Command to change IP configuration on windows |
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| Command that sends a message to a remote host and times the responses back |
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| Command to determine if a host is up or reachable |
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| Command to determine where a bottleneck or network fault is occurring |
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| traceroute (tracert on Windows) |
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| small form factor fiber-optic connectors |
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| HSSDC (9-pin, copper based High Speed Serial Data) |
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| fiber connector with 2 fibers |
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| # of pins for an RJ-45 connector |
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| Round fiber optic connector |
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| Common firewall software features |
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| Packet filtering, proxy, NAT |
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| Max Distance for 1000BaseLX - singlemode |
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| Max Distance for 1000BaseLX - multimode |
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| Max Distance for 1000BaseSX - 62.5 micron |
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| Max Distance for 1000BaseSX - 50 micron fiber |
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| Max Distance for 100BaseFx |
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| 16mbps (current), 4 mbps (legacy) |
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| 1mbps theoretical, 723kbps practical |
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| 1000 mbps = 1 Gigabit per second |
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| 1000 mbps+ = 1 Gigabit per second |
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| Minimum category cable for gigabit ethernet (1000Base-TX) |
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| Min category rating for 10BaseT network? |
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| Media most resistant to EMI |
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| Netware >= 3.12 Frame Type |
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| Netware <= 3.11 Frame Type |
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| Gateway Services for Netware - allows windows clients to access netware servers through a Windows server |
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| Client Services for Netware allows windows workstations to access netware resources without going through a windows server gateway |
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| File and Print Services for Netware allows Novel clients to access files and printers on a Windows server |
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| Novell Directory Services - IPX/SPX name resolution service |
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| Default Netware 4 account |
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| Admin (not Administrator like windows) |
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| Physical -hub/repeater -MAU/MSAU -NIC |
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| Data-link/MAC -Bridges, switches -physical addressing |
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| Network -routers -logical addressing --IPX, IP, NetBEUI |
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| Transport -TCP, SPX -Connection-oriented |
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| Layer for signal encoding? |
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| Layer for data delivery across an individual link |
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| Layer for network addressing |
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| Layer for error recover and flow control |
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| Layer for creating sessions |
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| Switch operates at what layer? |
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| Router operates at what layer? |
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| WAP operates at what layer? |
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| Bridge operates at what layer? |
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| Hubs operate at what layer? |
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| What device operates at upper 3 layers? |
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| Layer 2 (Transport Protocol) |
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| Internet Control Message Protocol - IP traffic cop, (eg. Ping command) |
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| 1000 gigabits = ___________ tb |
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| 1000 gigabits is a terrabit |
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| 1 gigabit = _________ bits |
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| 1 megabit = ________ bits |
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| Reverse Address Resolution Protocol - Issues IP based on MAC, works like DHCP |
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| Address Resolution Protocol - IP to MAC translation protocol |
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| Domain Name Service - domain (internet) names to IP resolution protocol |
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| Window Internet Name Service - NetBios (Windows) names to IP translation service |
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| Where are DHCP lease options configured? |
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| At what percentage expiration of its DHCP lease will the client try to renew the lease? |
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| Multicast control protocol |
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| IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) |
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| Program to allow UNIX to host file shares for Windows |
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| Technology that allows hosts on a private network to communicate with the internet through a shared public IP address |
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| Network Address Translation |
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| Simple Network Management Protocol - manage network equipment (traps, agents, MIBS, manager software) |
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| File Transfer Protocol - common protocol for copying/moving files over the internet |
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| HTTP Secure - HTTP protocol over SSL |
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| Insecure protocol to use a command line interface (terminal emulation) on a remote machine (typically UNIX, but windows has telnet). Deprecated for SSH |
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| Simple Message Transfer Protocol - outgoing mail, or transferring mail from server-to-server |
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| Secure Shell - secure replacement for Telnet, allows a command line interface to a remote computer (typically UNIX) |
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| Trivial File Transfer Protocol - stripped down file transfer (Like FTP) protocol over UDP. |
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| HyperText Transfer Protocol - accessing websites |
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| Post Office Protocol 3 - incoming email, not good for multiple/mobile devices |
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| Network News Transfer Protocol - Network news (usenet), old, email like message board like system |
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| Network Time Protocol - sync a hosts time to a time server |
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| Network Basic Input Output System - session layer protocol to facilitate lan communication. Originally developed by IBM, adopted by Microsoft for windows networking pre native TCP/IP. Usually refers to windows file and print sharing, specifically NetBIOS Names |
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| Internet Message Access Protocol - incoming email, understands folders, good for multiple locations/mobile devices |
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| Microsoft (designed by IBM) legacy, nonroutable network protocol |
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| Server Message Block/ Common Internet File System - protocol for Windows file sharing |
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| Point to Point Protocol - Layer 2 encapsulation protocol for encapsulating layer 3 protocols over point-to-point links |
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| Point to Point Tunneling Protocol - Encrypted VPNs using PPP |
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| Windows Internet Name Service - Like DNS but for Netbios only |
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| Dynamic Host Control Protocol - dynamic IP addressing |
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| Secure FTP- FTP through SSH |
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| Secure Copy - Copy files over SSH |
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| Novell Connectionless Protocol |
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| Novell Connection Oriented Protocol |
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| Network File System - Unix file sharing protocol |
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| Minimum # Drives for RAID 10 |
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| 4 - Two striped disks, mirrored on two more |
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| # of simultaneous drive failures RAID 5 can recover from |
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| # of simultaneous drive failures RAID 6 can recover from |
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| RAID feature that increases performance |
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| RAID features that increase fault tolerance |
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| RAID level that mirrors striped drives |
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| RAID Level that provides NO fault tolerance |
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| RAID Level that provides at least one duplicate copy of all data |
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| Mirrored Drives with independent disk controllers |
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| Min 3 disks, striping with parity on one parity disk |
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| Min 3 disks, striping with parity across all disks |
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| Tone generator and locator |
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| Tool to connect a wire to a wiring block |
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| Tool used to diagnose breaks in fiber optic cabling |
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| OTDR - Optical Time Domain Reflectometer |
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| Tool used to diagnose breaks or other problems in UTP cabling |
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| TDR - Time Domain Reflectometer |
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| Necessary for effective Antivirus |
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| Type of virus that can change itself to avoid detection |
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| Type of virus that can hide itself from detection |
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| # of simultaneous connections to Windows 2000/XP Pro Share |
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| Up to 16 byte (15 characters + 1 byte suffix) Windows name. |
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| 00 - Workstation , 20 - Server |
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| # of non-overlapping 802.11b channels |
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| # of non-overlapping channels on 802.11a |
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| orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) |
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| DSSS (Direct-sequence spread spectrum) |
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| orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) ??? |
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| Fluorescent lights, AC power lines, motors, heavy equipment, etc |
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| User Datagram Protocol - Layer 4, connectionless, best effort transfer protocol |
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| Transport Control Protocol - Layer 4, connection-oriented, guaranteed delivery protocol |
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| Passwords should be changed |
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| Not too often, not too seldom ~1 month |
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| Complex and longer than 8 characters - upper+lower alpha+ numeral + symbol like P@s$220rD* |
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| Server that does something on behalf of an application (web proxy, internet proxy) |
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| Simply names a Wireless Access Point (WAP) for convenience. No other functionality |
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| Example of directional antenna |
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| Type of antenna that sends a signal in all directions |
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| Type of antenna that sends a signal in two directions |
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| Type of antenna that sends a signal in one direction |
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| Measure of the directionality of a wireless signal |
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| Antennas that increase maximum range, but decrease the beamwidth |
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| Major sources of wireless interference |
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| Microwave ovens, metal(cranes), water(trees) |
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| Cheapest, easiest to install and upgrade. Easier to troubleshoot than bus. Break in one segment only affects that segment |
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| Uses more cable than Bus. Single-point of failure is the central connectivity device (hub, switch, mau) |
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| Uses least amount of cabling |
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| One fault in the bus (cable) brings the entire network down, hard to troubleshoot |
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| Very expensive, difficult to expand |
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| Token Ring connectivity device |
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| Ethernet Connectivity device |
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| Routers / Brouters / Layer-3 Switch |
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| Thinnet, 10mbps, 185meter max, coax, bus topology |
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| Thicknet, 100mbps, 500meter max, coax, bus topology |
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| Ethernet, 10mbps, twisted pair, star topology |
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| Ethernet, 10mbps, multimode fiber, 2km |
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| Fast Ethernet, 100mbps over twisted pair |
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| Fast Ethernet, 100mbps over twisted pair |
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| Gigabit Ethernet over balanced coper STP, 25meter max |
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| Exception to the rule! Allows 100megabits over Cat 3 |
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| Disaster recovery, Instant cutover, all systems and data duplicated |
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| Disaster recovery, Site exists but no equipment or data is in place, slow cutover |
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| Disaster recovery, quick, but not Instant cutover, all systems in place but must be restored from backup |
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| Backs up all files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. Resets the archive bit |
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| Backs up all files that have changed since the last full backup. Does not reset the archive bit |
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| Backs up all files. Resets the archive bit |
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| Creates separate broadcast domains (lans) in a single switch using software |
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| Backups are part of disaster recovery |
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| Examples of fault tolerance |
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| RAID 1,3,5,6,10 (but not 0), UPS, hot sites, |
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| Appletalk Zone Information Protocol |
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| Virtual Private Network - uses encryption and tunneling to create a virtual private connection across the public internet |
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| 32 bit number that defines which portion of an IP address is the network address vs the node address |
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| Text file used to help resolve host names into IP addresses |
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| Text file used to help resolve windows/netbios names into IP addresses |
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| Integrated Services Digital Network - digital phone line based technology, predates DSL, expensive, voice and data over same line, BRI 2 B channels 64kbits/per, PRI is 23 B channels for 1.54mbps |
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| Novell’s legacy, native, routable network protocol |
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| Microsoft’s legacy, native, nonroutable network protocol |
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| Defacto, routable network protocol developed for UNIX, which is the defacto language of the internet |
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| Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security |
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| Organizationally Unique Identifier - first 3 bytes/24 bits of the MAC address |
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| Serial Line Internet Protocol |
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| Datalink protocol that can only carry IP packets, has no error detection or encryption capabilities |
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| Password Authentication Protocol - PPP auth protocol, has no encryption/is insecure and is not often used |
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| Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol - PPP authentication that uses a secure challenge/response protocol for authentication |
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| Hardware device used to connect dissimilar network technologies |
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| Gateway (not a default gateway) |
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| Address of the default router for a node |
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| Directory services on Netware 6.0+ |
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| Directory services on Netware 4-5 |
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| NDS (Novell Directory Services) |
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