The correct answer is switch.
OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) is used in MAC addresses of network devices to identify the manufacturer or vendor of the device. It helps in organizing and managing network traffic, troubleshooting network issues, and ensuring security by identifying the origins of devices connected to the network.
Hub
Devices on a linear bus network are connected to each other via a wire, usually through a T-connector device. In effect, the devices are "daisy chained" together without any other device connecting them.
169.254.1010
No. If you have one IP per customer, you don't need to create smaller subnets. (You won't have enough addresses though - the first and last addresses of the block will be the network and broadcast addresses and won't be useable. You'll only have 1022 usable addresses)
A protocol that lets one device on a local network, known as a DHCP server, assign temporary IP addresses to the other network devices
This is the definition of a computer network. Devices such as routers and bridges create logical network subnets and network domains that computers, printers, and other devices can connect with to join the network.
One device that is shared on the network is a router. This is the one that will connect the various devices to the shared network.
Because they need a device to communicate with a distant network through. These devices are called gateways, and are normally routers. The hosts on a segment need to have knowledge of the gateway device in order to communicate outside the segment. In most environments, the local network will have an internal addressing scheme, one that is not routable on the internet, so there needs to be a device that can translate the internal addresses (non routable on the internet) into external addresses (routable on the internet). Of course this device needs to be connected to both the internal network and the external network to be able to send traffic between them.
A star topology; a network topology in which endpoints on a network are connected to a common central device by point-to-point links.
An IPv4 address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. It consists of four octets, each ranging from 0 to 255, separated by periods (e.g., 192.168.1.1). IPv4 addresses are used to identify devices on a network and facilitate data routing. However, due to the growing number of devices, IPv4 addresses are becoming scarce, leading to the adoption of IPv6.
A node is a device connected to a network such as a computer or a game console. (Each device connected to a network is referred to as a node. A node can be a computer, printer, game console, or router.)