6.2 Network Hardware – Flashcards
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Connects multiple cable segments (or devices), and forwards frames to the appropriate segment
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Describe switch functions
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When a frame enters a port, the source MAC address is copied from the frame header
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How do switches and bridges learn where devices are located on a network?
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Hub
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What hardware device regenerates a signal out all connected ports without examining the frame or packet contents?
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12 hexadecimal numbers. Ex C0-34-FF-15-01-8E
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Valid MAC address contains...
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Network interface card
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Which network component connects a device to the transmission media and allows it o send and receive messages?
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Switch
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What LAN device receives a signal on one port and forwards that signal only to the port where the destination device is connected?
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ARP
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What protocol can be used to discover the MAC address?
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Send the frame out ports 2-8
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8 port switch receives a frame on port number 1. The frame is addressed to an unknown device. What will the switch do?
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modulates digital data from the PC into analog data and transmits it on a telephone network and modulates analog data from a telephone network into digital PC data
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How do modems work?
