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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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Which layers in the OSI model are host to host layers?

Transport layer is known as the host-to-host layer.

Also data link layer is responsible for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transport of data.

HTH,

Rajesh

What happens when there is a break in the cable of the bus topology?

This sounds like a homework question.....hmmmm.

Anyway- if there's a break in a bus topology, the nodes that are downstream from the break are cut-off from the rest of the network.

In a ring topology, the nodes on both sides of the break will loop the path (self-healing) back towards the ring, so every node is still communicating with each other.

Is portal id and ip address same?

They are not the same; a port number indicates a listening program that will receive a packet. That number exists on the target system, but the port number itself has no identification that would allow a packet to be routed or delivered to it.

An IP address identifies a system on a network for delivery purposes. Once the packet arrives, however, it has to be given to an appropriate program listening for a protocol. that is what the port number is for.

What are the five aspects of the information network you will focus on in this course?

  • Devices th make up the network.
  • Media that connect the devices.
  • Messages that are carried across the network.
  • Rules and processes that govern network communications.
  • Tools and commands for construction and maintaining networks.

How do you reconnect your lan computer if it indicates it is unplugged but that is not the case?

There may be several things to check:

Miscunfigured system:

- Try to deactivated your LAN connection and re-activated it (or reboot the system, the results would be the same: the driver gets reset)

- Check the setting of your connection - DHCP on/off? When no DHCP -> IP, subnet and gateway (for example: 192.168.0.5, 255.255.255.0, 192.168.0.1)

- Shut down firewalls (Windows xp offers a build-in firewall which might be activated be a Microsoft security patch)

- Keep the connection as simple as possible to spot the point of error.

Broken hardware:

- check if there are any LED signals at the network port on your computer, most network ports show two LEDs above the RJ45 plugin, one should be green all the time, the other one will flash when there is traffic on the line. When there is no LED lit, there is no (electrical) connection between the Hub/Switch and your computer.

- Try exchanging the patch cable

- Try resetting the Hub/switch

- Last shot: Try reinstalling your network driver (it is unlikely but might be a driver problem)

Does BOOTP support subnetting?

Yes and No - BOOTP is used in situations where the device needs an IP address and can be matched by its MAC address. Therefore, a client receives an IP address that was matched by the MAC address. That IP address may be part of a subnet, or it may not be.

The protocol itself doesn't care if there are subnets or not. It gives out an IP address, which may be subnetted.

See the related link for an example of a BOOTP entry.

What defines an IPv4 logical network?

Hosts with the same network portion of their IPv4 address.

Which class ip address uses 24 bits for the network id and 8 bits for the host id?

IP Address Class

Total # Of Bits For Network ID / Host ID

First Octet of IP Address

# Of Network ID Bits Used To Identify Class

Usable # Of Network ID Bits

Number of Possible Network IDs

# Of Host IDs Per Network ID

Class A

8 / 24

0xxx xxxx

1

8-1 = 7

27-2 = 126

224-2 = 16,277,214

Class B

16 / 16

10xx xxxx

2

16-2 = 14

214 = 16,384

216-2 = 65,534

Class C

24 / 8

110x xxxx

3

24-3 = 21

221 = 2,097,152

28-2 =

What does the be ping mean?

Ping is a special command line utility which allows to check accessibility of particular hosts. It uses ICMP protocol and because many online services block it, the utility not always provides correct results.

What is the components required to meet a network specification?

The following components required to meet a network specification.

1. The network devices like switch, router, cables and other all network devices.

What is the difference between 10BaseT Ethernet and 802.11b WLAN regarding theoretical and realistic transmission rates?

10BaseT has transmission rate about 10 Mbps and 802.11b is about 11 Mbps. Usually wire connections are closer to their theoretical limits than their wireless counterparts.

Why can you only populate 3 segments of a 5 4 3 network?

The other two segments must be link segments - connecting through network connectivity devices. Adding any clients on those two links would cause additional attenuation, which is not good for the network.

How do you establish peer to peer network connection using two systems in lan?

To establish a peer-to-peer network connection between two lans, both pc must have network hardware. One multi-port sharing device like a hub is needed to support the computers. use a crossover cable if two computers are the only available unit.

What is difference between normal and uplink ports in switches?

Up-link ports are used to "Up-link" a device to another device such as a hub, router, or switch. Normal ports are used to attach a device to the before mentioned devices. A lot of devices have "auto configuration" or auto-sensing ports. With these auto sensing ports, any port can be utilized as a up-link port.

In the early days of networking, you had to use a crossover cable to up-link a device to another switch, hub, or router. This was before they had up-link ports.

What is Load leveling in client server computing?

Load leveling is a process of making sure the server or servers do not go above a certain percentage of task load.

Load balancing is another means of taking several servers and distributing the compute load so that individual servers do not get overloaded with requests.

What is meant by the following statement A repeater is limited not only in function but also in scope?

A repeater contains one input port and one output port, so it is capable only of receiving and repeating a data stream.

What is the function of the OSPF LSR packet?

It is used by the receiving routers to request more information about any entry in the DBD.

Which IP addresses are defined by RFC 1918 as private addresses?

"The RFC 1918 private network numbers are 10.0.0.0, Class Bs between 172.16.0.0 and 172.31.0.0 inclusive, and all Class C networks that begin with 192.168. All addresses that begin with 127 are reserved, but not as valid private IP addresses."

Non-vendor specific routing protocols?

RIP and OSpf are non-proprietary protocol

eigrp is a proprietary protocol i.e it is a vendor specific