Exam 2: Network Devices

____ Ethernet uses the same network access method (CSMA/CD) as common 10BaseT Ethernet, but provides 10 times the data transmission rate.

The IEEE standards for WLANs use unlicensed, but not unregulated, radio frequencies.

Like bridges, switches operate at the Network layer of the OSI model.

What are the advantages of using repeaters and hubs?

Describe active and passive hubs.

What are the steps for adding a WLAN to a LAN?

Routers operate at the ____ layer of the OSI model.

____ is a network access method (or media access method) originated by the University of Hawaii.

____________________ usually refers to the physical layout of network cable and devices.

Switches filter based on ____ addresses.

A(n) ____ is usually a combination of hardware and software. Its purpose is to translate between different protocol suites.

What are the advantages of using switches?

In ____ communications, devices can send and receive signals simultaneously.

____________________ provide cell-based areas where wireless clients such as laptops and PDAs can connect to the network by associating with the access point.

Briefly describe Gigabit Ethernet.

____________________ is the breaking down of a single heavily populated network segment into smaller segments, or collision domains, populated by fewer nodes.

If a single access point is available in infrastructure mode, then the mode is said to be a(n) ____.

Typically WLANs involve multiple access points connected to various switches in the network. This type of infrastructure mode is known as a(n) ____.

Devices that "see" the traffic of other devices are said to be on the same ____ as those devices.

____ increase network performance by reducing the number of frames transmitted to the rest of the network.