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QUESTION 1

PDU - Protocol Data Unit

ANSWER

a unit of transmission. a different group of data at different OSI layers. (TCP - Segment), (UDP - datagram)

QUESTION 2

TCP

ANSWER

Transmission Control Protocol.

QUESTION 3

UDP

ANSWER

User Datadram Protocol

QUESTION 4

Transmission control protocol

ANSWER

connection-oriented, reliable delivery, flow control

QUESTION 5

User Datagram Protocol

ANSWER

connectionless, unreliable delivery, no flow conrol

QUESTION 6

Permanent Port numbers (Non-ephemeral port numbers)

ANSWER

Ports 0 - 1023

QUESTION 7

Temporary Port numbers (Ephemeral Port numbers)

ANSWER

Ports 1024 - 65,535

QUESTION 8

ICMP

ANSWER

Internet Control Message Protocol

QUESTION 9

Internet Control Message Protocol

ANSWER

text messaging for network devices, protocol carried by IP, devices can request and and reply to administrative request

QUESTION 10

Telnet - Telecommunication Network

ANSWER

tcp/23, login to devices remotly, in the clear communication

QUESTION 11

SSH - Secure Shell

ANSWER

tcp/22, encrypted communication link, looks and acts the same as telnet

QUESTION 12

DNS - Domain Name System

ANSWER

converts names to IP addresses

QUESTION 13

SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/25, server to server email transfer, also used to send mail from device to a mail server

QUESTION 14

SFTP - Secure File Transfer Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/22, encypted using SSH, provides file system fuctionality, resuming interrupted transfers, remote file removal

QUESTION 15

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/20(active mode data), tcp21(control), transfers files between systems. authenticates with a username and password

QUESTION 16

TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol

ANSWER

udp/69, very simple fle transfer application, read files and write files, no authentication. not used on production systems

QUESTION 17

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

ANSWER

udp/67, udp/68, requires a DHCP server, dynamic/pooled IP addresses are assigned in real time from pool, each system is given a lease and must renew at set intervals, resevations are assgned

QUESTION 18

HTTP and HTTPS - Hyper Transfer Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/80(in the clear) and tcp/443(encrypted)

QUESTION 19

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol

ANSWER

udp/161, gathers stats from network devices, version 1 - structured tables, in the clear. version 2 - data type enhancements, bulk transfers, still in the clear. version 3 - message intergrity, authentication, encryption

QUESTION 20

RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/3389, share a desktop from remote location. client for windows, MacOS, linux, unix, iphone and others

QUESTION 21

NTP - Network Time Protocol

ANSWER

udp/123, syncronizing the clocks

QUESTION 22

SIP - Session Intiation Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/5060 and tcp/5061, setup and manage VoIP sessions(call, ring, hang up), video conferencing, instant messaging, file transfer

QUESTION 23

SMB - Server Message Block

ANSWER

tcp/445, file sharing, printer sharing. also called CIFS

QUESTION 24

POP - Post office Protocol version 3

ANSWER

tcp/110, recieves emails from an email server. basic mail transfer functionality

QUESTION 25

IMAP4 - Internet Message Access Protocol v4

ANSWER

tcp/143, includes management of email inbox from multiple clients

QUESTION 26

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

ANSWER

tcp/389, store and retrieve information in a network directory

QUESTION 27

LDAPS - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Secure

ANSWER

tcp/636, a non-standard implementation of LDAP over SSL

QUESTION 28

H.323 -

ANSWER

tcp/1720, set up VoIP and manage sessions

QUESTION 29

OSI Model

ANSWER

Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model

QUESTION 30

Physical Layer - L 1

ANSWER

signaling, cabling, connectors

QUESTION 31

Data Link Layer - L 2

ANSWER

"Switching Layer"data link control protocols, MAC address on ethernet

QUESTION 32

Network Layer - L 3

ANSWER

"Routing Layer" internet protocol(IP addresses) fragments frames to traverse differnt networks.

QUESTION 33

Transport Layer - L 4

ANSWER

"post office layer" tcp and udp

QUESTION 34

Session Layer - L5

ANSWER

communication management between devices. control protocols, tunneling protocols

QUESTION 35

Presentation Layer - L6

ANSWER

apllicaion encryption, SSL/TLS. often combined with the application layer

QUESTION 36

Application Layer - L7

ANSWER

the layer we can see, HTTP, FTP, DNS, POP3

QUESTION 37

MAC Address

ANSWER

48bits/ 6bytes long, displayed in hexadecimal. first half is OUI(manufacturer) second half is the serial number

QUESTION 38

Half Duplex

ANSWER

cannot send and recieve data simultaneously

QUESTION 39

Full Duplex

ANSWER

data can be sent and recieved at the same time.

QUESTION 40

half duplex ethernet

ANSWER

traffic recieved on one interface is repeated to all other interfaces

QUESTION 41

Switch

ANSWER

forward or drop frames based on MAC address. constantly updating list of MAC addresses. builds list based on the source MAC address of incoming traffic

QUESTION 42

Unicast

ANSWER

one station sending information to another station. send information between two systems(web surfing, file transfer)

QUESTION 43

Broadcast

ANSWER

one device send to everyone at once. not used in IPv6

QUESTION 44

Multicast

ANSWER

one to many, delivery of information to intrested systems

QUESTION 45

MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit

ANSWER

maximum IP packet to transmit but not fragment

QUESTION 46

LAN - Local Area Network

ANSWER

a group of devices int he same broadcast domain

QUESTION 47

Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)

ANSWER

a group of devices in the same broadcast domain, separated logically instead of physically

QUESTION 48

VLAN Trunking

ANSWER

a single physical connection between switches, that is able to transmit multiple VLANs across the trunk. the standard is 802.1Q

QUESTION 49

Spanning Tree Protocol

ANSWER

IEEE standard 802.1D, to prevent loops in bridged (switched) networks

QUESTION 50

Spanning Tree Protocol Port States

ANSWER

1.Blocking(not forwarding to prevent a loop). 2.Listening(not forwarding and cleaning the MAC table). 3.Learning(not forwarding and adding the MAC table).4. Forwarding(data passes through and is fully operational). 5.Disabled(administrator has turned off the port

QUESTION 51

RSTP - Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

ANSWER

802.1w, faster convergence(6 seconds). can work with 802.1D STP

QUESTION 52

Speed and Duplex

ANSWER

speed - 10/100/1,000 duplex - half/full automatic and manual, both sides need to match

QUESTION 53

DMZ

ANSWER

Demilitarized zone - an additional layer of security between the internet and you. allow people from outside the network to access certain resources, but prevents access to devices on the protected internal network

QUESTION 54

PoE - Power over Ethernet

ANSWER

power provided on an ethernet cable

QUESTION 55

Power over switch

ANSWER

built-in power (endspans) in-line power injector (midspans)

QUESTION 56

PoE standard

ANSWER

IEEE 802.3af-2003 - 15.4 watts DC power, max current 350 mA

QUESTION 57

Static routing

ANSWER

administratively define the routes manualy

QUESTION 58

Dynamic Routing

ANSWER

routers send routes to other routers

QUESTION 59

AS - Autonomous System

ANSWER

exsiting as an independent entity. a connected group of one or more IP prefixes run by one or more network operators which has a SINGLE and CLEARLY DEFINED routing policy

QUESTION 60

IGP - Interior Gateway Protocol

ANSWER

used within a single autonomous system. not intended to route between AS

QUESTION 61

IGP Protocols (IPv4)

ANSWER

OSPFv3 (open shortest path first) RIPv2 (routing information protocol v2) EIGRP (enhanced interior gateway routing protocol)

QUESTION 62

IGP Protocols (IPv6)

ANSWER

OSPFv3 EIGRP for IPv6 RIPng (RIP next generation)

QUESTION 63

RIP

ANSWER

routing information protocol

QUESTION 64

OSPF

ANSWER

open shortest path first

QUESTION 65

EIGRP

ANSWER

enhanced interior gateway routing protocol

QUESTION 66

EGP - Exterior Gateway Protocol

ANSWER

used to route between autonomous systems

QUESTION 67

BGP - Border Gateway Protocol

ANSWER

an exterior gateway protocol

QUESTION 68

Distance Vector Routing Protocol

ANSWER

how many HOPs away is another network

QUESTION 69

Link State Routing Protocol

ANSWER

information passed between routers is related to the current connectivity. consider the speed, faster is better

QUESTION 70

Hybrid Routing Protocol

ANSWER

link-state and distance-vector combined.

QUESTION 71

dual stack routing

ANSWER

runs both ipv4 and IPv6 at the same time

QUESTION 72

6 to 4 addressing

ANSWER

send IPv6 over an existing ipv4 Network. creates and IPv6 address based on the ipv4 address. requires relay routers, no support for Nat

QUESTION 73

NAT

ANSWER

Network Address Translation

QUESTION 74

4 in 6 tunneling

ANSWER

Tunnel ipv4 traffic on an IPv6 Network

QUESTION 75

Teredo

ANSWER

tunnel IPv6 through NATed ipv4. end-to-end IPv6 through an ipv4 Network

QUESTION 76

Miredo

ANSWER

A third-party software that provides Teredo service on UNIX and Linux systems.

QUESTION 77

SLAAC (stateless address autoconfiguration )

ANSWER

automatically configure an IP address without a DHCP server

QUESTION 78

DAD ( duplicate address detection)

ANSWER

no duplicate IPs

QUESTION 79

packet shaping

ANSWER

control with bandwidth usage and data rates. set important applications to have higher priorities than other apps

QUESTION 80

CoS ( class of service)

ANSWER

OSI layer 2. ethernet frame header and an 802.1Q trunk. usually applied in the Intranet

QUESTION 81

differentiated services (DiffServ)

ANSWER

OSI layer 3. QoS bits are an abled in the ipv4 header

QUESTION 82

NAT (Network Address Translation)

ANSWER

A technique that uses a gateway that allows multiple devices to share a single IP address

QUESTION 83

Class A IP Range

ANSWER

1 - 126

QUESTION 84

Class B IP Range

ANSWER

128-191

QUESTION 85

Class C IP Range

ANSWER

192-223

QUESTION 86

Port Address Translation (PAT)

ANSWER

A means of translation between ports on a public and private network. also known as Nat overload, for Source Nat.

QUESTION 87

Access Control List (ACL)

ANSWER

A set of IF-THEN rules used to determine what to do with arriving packets

QUESTION 88

packet switching Networks

ANSWER

DSL, frame relay, cable modem, satellite, Wireless, mpls, sonet, ATM

QUESTION 89

software Define Network (SDN)

ANSWER

networking devices that have two functional planes of operation. control plane, data plane

QUESTION 90

binary to decimal

ANSWER

check OneNote

QUESTION 91

subnet Class A

ANSWER

IP address 1 - 126

QUESTION 92

subnet Class B

ANSWER

IP address 128 - 191

QUESTION 93

subnet Class C

ANSWER

IP address 192 - 223

QUESTION 94

Network address

ANSWER

the first IP address of a subnet

QUESTION 95

first usable host address

ANSWER

one number higher then the network address

QUESTION 96

network broadcast address

ANSWER

the last IP address of a subnet. set all host bits to 1 (255)

QUESTION 97

last usable host address

ANSWER

one number lower then the broadcast address

QUESTION 98

internet assigned numbers Authority (IANA)

ANSWER

provides address blocks to Regional internet registries (RIR)

QUESTION 99

Regional internet registries (RIR)

ANSWER

assign smaller subnet blocks to ISPs

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