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Questions concerning the setting up, troubleshooting and operation of wired LANs used by businesses and other organizations

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Gigabit Ethernet what type of cabling?

There are different types of gibabit Ethernet; the cabling can either be some kind of copper cable, usually UTP, or fiber optic.

What is a network platform?

A network platform is the type of WiFi configuration a person is using at any given time. For example, a person can work on a Home network or change the WiFi network and work on a Work network, or Public network.

Why there is a maximum cable length allowed for CSMA CD?

The CD in CSMA/CD stands for "collision detection." Since multiple devices (potentially) share the same network (the MA or "multiple access" portion of the name) when they are sending data, there must be a way to tell if two devices are trying to send at the same time (a "collision"). The way that a typical CSMA/CD protocol such as Ethernet does this is by having each device "listen" during its own transmission. If it "hears" another device starting to send while it is already sending, it stops and tries again after some delay.

Part of this is defining a minimum packet length that is long enough that, for a given length of wire, any given sender can be sure that the beginning message got all the way to the other sender before it assumes there was no collision and that it succeeded in sending the packet. Even at nearly the speed of light, it takes some time for that signal to go down the wire.

With 10 Base-T Ethernet (10 million bits/second), the 64 byte minimum would take long enough that the signal could get a kilometer down the line before the first sender was done. With 100 Base-TX, the same minimum only gets 1/10 the distance (100m) because the bits are being sent out ten times faster. With gigabit Ethernet, they actually had to increase the minimum packet length just to make sure that the cable length could stay at 100m.

What are the disadvantages of star and bus topologies?

The disadvantage of using a bus topology is that a break in any of the connecting cables will bring down the entire network segment.

The disadvantage of using a star topology is limited to the central connecting device; it is breaks, the entire network goes down.

In which two layers of the osi model do NIC's belong?

NIC's can perform in the Data Link Layer of the OSI model. However, they can also perform services in the Physical Layer.

(Network+ Guide to Networking Answer)
Physical and Data Link layers

Which categories of UTP cabling can be used in Gigabit Ethernet networks?

According to the Certblaster 2009 Comptia A+ CD practice exam the answer is Cat 6 cabling

Cat5E can also be used and is in use more than the expensive and hard to work with CAT6.

Who made TCP?

The history of TCP/IP is like the protocol -- interdependent design and development conducted by several people and brought together as one. Following the design of TCP/IP byRobert Kahn and Vinton Cerf as described in the previous pages, DARPA contracted with three sites to develop operational versions: * BBN. A TENEX/PDP-10 implementation led by Ray Tomlinson and Bill Plummer. * Stanford. A BCPL/PDP-11 implementation led by Richard Karp from Cerf's group. * The University College London. A PDP-9 implementation led by Peter Kirstein. Four increasingly better versions of TCP/IP were developed -- TCP v1, TCP v2, a split into TCP v3 and IP v3 in the spring of 1978, and then stability with TCP v4 and IPv4 -- the standard protocol still in use on the Internet today.

How do you make a computer a DHCP server?

Server based operating systems have the function embedded. If you do not have one you can use on of free linux-based operating systems.

How do you configure the gateway of those in the network lan?

When configuring a gateway within a network, usually one will want to enable DHCP to allow the gateway to give out automatic IP information which includes, IP (Internet Protocol Address), Subnet Mask,Default Gateway and DNS address's. When talking on a home user level, a gateway is a router and vice versa, they are one and the same. If talking about a business environment then the router can be configured to route computers to the gateway in stead of having the router do DHCP it will just route all it's traffic to the gateway by using a static IP that would be the address of the gateway. In this configuration you would need to configure all the computers to each use a unique IP address usually in the form of 192.168.x.x (were x is a number)

When configuring in a home network using windows XP/Vista, usually the only steps required to allow the computers to share resources ( ie Directories,Files etc) you would ..

Windows XP steps

Click Control Panel under start menu-->click Network Setup Wizard---> Select network setup (which ever setup you have)---> click Next--> (wizard running)--> Click finish--> (reboot if needed)

Windows Vista steps

Right click My Computer under start menu---Click Properties

Under system properties scroll down to Computer name,domain, and workgroup settings and click Change Settings--> Click Continue click change--> Select either Domain or Workgroup and then click OK.. Finally Reboot

What are the Reasons for using Router in a network?

the primary reason for using a router is to efficiently direct packets (or data) from one network to another, thereby reducing excessive traffic in the whole network.

How can you put a rsps online so other people can connect by using the IP?

I am trying to figure out the same thing!! If you find out let me know please good luck

Tcp ip protocol stack reported that it ran out of memory?

main cause is spyware or malware or virus - scan and delete the virus\worm\spy sometime it happen due to low memory - increase virtual memory

Can you hook a laptop up to a PC?

Yes, you can connect directly via the use of a cross-over cable, or through a connectivity device such as a hub, switch, or router.