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Network Layers

Questions

  • Types of switching
  • Pros and cons of circuit switching
  • Pros and cons of packet switching
  • What is a packet
  • What are the layers of the OSI model
  • What is the application layer
  • What is the presentation layer
  • what is the session layer
  • What is the transport layer
  • What is the network layer
  • What is the datalink layer
  • What is the Physical layer
  • In which layer of the OSI model does encryption occur?
  • Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for handling ports and connections?
  • Is OSI model implemented anywhere?
  • What are the layers of the TCP/IP model?
  • Draw an encapsulation-decapsulation diagram for two hosts connected via a switch
  • Draw the ethernet header
  • How long are MAC addresses?
  • what is the full form of MAC?
  • Which comes first in an ethernet header - src or dest?
  • Can a host have two MAC addresses?
  • Draw the IPv4 header
  • Which comes first in a IP header - src or dest?
  • What is the size of an IP addr?
  • What is a subnet?
  • Do devices in a the same subnet require a router to communicate?
  • In the context of subnets, what are the two parts of an IP address
  • What is a netmask?
  • Given an IP address and a netmask, how will you find the subnet?
  • What notation is used instead of netmask?
  • What is the netmask of 128.143.69.115 /8
  • Why did they introduce the CIDR notation?
  • If CIDR stands for classless inter domain routing, then what is classful routing?
  • What layers of the TCP/IP stack are considered unreliable?
  • What is the address used by TCP
  • What is the length of a port number
  • Mention scenarios in which you would use UDP?
  • What does TCP and UDP stand for?