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| Xerox worked with _____ and Intel to publish what became known a as the Digital-Intel Xerox (DIX) |
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| Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) |
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| Xerox worked with the DEC and Intel to publish what became known as the _____ standard. |
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| Digital -Intel-Xerox (DIX) |
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| The earliest version of Ethernet was ______ and _____. |
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| Two analog technologies were ______ and _____, were used to transmit multiple signals at the same time over cable. |
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| Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Frequency Modulation (FM) |
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| Every version of Ethernet invented since the early 1990s uses a _____ topology. |
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| A basic Ethernet frame contains seven pieces of information. What are they? |
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| Preamble, MAC Address Sender, MAC Address Receiver, Type, Data, Pad, and FCS |
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| The preamble is added by the _____. |
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| Ethernet identifies the NICs on a networking using special 48-bit (6-byte) binary addresses known as _____. |
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| Within an Ethernet frame the _____ field helps the receiving computer interpret the frame contents at a very basic level. |
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| Within an Ethernet frame, the _____ part of the frame contains whatever payload the frame carries. |
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| _____ means that each node using the network examines the cable before sending a data frame. |
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| _____ means that all machines have equal access to the wire. |
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| What are two early implementations of Ethernet? |
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| If you ever run into a situation on a 10BaseT or later network in which none of the computers can get on the network, always check what first? |
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| In 10BaseT, the 10 represents _____. |
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| In 10BaseT, the Base represents _____. |
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| Baseband (Signaling Type) |
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| In 10BaseT, the T represents _____. |
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| 10Base2 could be almost _____ meters. |
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| 10Base5 could be almost _____ meters. |
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| 10BaseT uses only _____ of the 8 pairs of twisted wires. |
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| 10BaseT uses pins _____ and _____ to send data. |
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| 10BaseT uses pins _____ and _____ to receive data. |
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| An RJ-45 connector is usually called a _____. |
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| The act of installing a crimp at the end of an RJ-45 cable is called _____. |
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| The tool used to crimp the ends of cables is called a _____. |
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| The real name for RJ-45 is _____. |
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| 8 Position 8 Contact (8P8C) |
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| What are the two standards for TIA/EIA? |
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| What is the newest standard for TIA/EIA? |
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| Which Base has a distance of 100 meters, speed of 10 Mbps, and a signal type of Baseband? |
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| Which Base has a distance of 2000 meters, speed of 10 Mbps, and a Signal type of Baseband? |
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| Once an organization uses every port on its existing hub, adding more nodes requires adding hubs or a device called a _____. |
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| As a rule, y our cannot daisy chain more than _____ hubs together. |
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| T or F You can plug multiple hubs into one hub. |
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| Hub makers give their uplink ports many different names such as _____, _____, and _____. |
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| Crossover, MDI-X, and OUT |
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| A _____ is a regular port on a hub or switch. |
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| Media Dependent Interface (MDI) |
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| A _____ is an uplink port on a hub. |
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| To _____ traffic means to stop it form crossing from one network to the next. |
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| To _____ traffic means to pass traffic originating on one side of the bridge to the other. |
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| What type of networks will you find bridges on wired or wireless? |
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| STP-enabled switches use a frame called a _____ to communicate with each other to determine things like the distances between them and to keep track of changes on the network. |
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| Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) |
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| Very occasionally you will run into ah hub or switch that has problems. They can fall into three categories. What are those categories? |
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| Obvious Physical Damage, Dead Ports, and General Flakiness |
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