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Universal Naming Convention -
Naming convention used primarily to specify and map network drives in Microsoft Windows. Support for UNC also appears in other operating systems via technologies like Samba. UNC names are most commonly used to reach file servers or printers on a LAN.
UNC names identify network resources using a specific notation. UNC names consist of three parts - a server name, a share name, and an optional file path. These three elements are combined using backslashes as follows:
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol -
The language computers use to speak to other computers |
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
An auto configuration protocol used on IP network |
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Domain Name System
A hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. |
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Network Address Translation -
The process of modifying network address information. It's the “patch” for the shortage of IPs. Every device on the Internet has to have an individual address. |
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Internet Information Services -
This is a web server application and set of feature extension modules created by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows. It is the second most used web server behind Apache HTTP Server. |
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File Transfer Protocol -
This is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet. |
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Network Interface Card
This is a computer hardware component that interfaces to a computer network. |
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New Technology File System -
This is the standard file system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. |
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| The network portion of your IP address |
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| A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. |
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| What’s the difference between a router and switch? |
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| Where a hub or switch is concerned with transmitting frames, a router's job, as its name implies, is to route packets to other networks until that packet ultimately reaches its destination. |
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| What is the broadcast address? |
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| What port # is default for web? |
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| Port # that's default for ftp? |
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| How do you create a hidden share in Windows file sharing? |
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| Type the folder address with a “$” at the end |
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| If you're logged directly into the server are you NTFS or share permissions? |
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| What type of cable is needed to connect 2 PCs? |
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| What is the auto assigned IP address when DHCP is setup (but something else is disabled) and you're not getting a specific IP address? |
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| What is a static IP address? |
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| And IP address manually set up that does not change on its local network. |
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| What is the loop back standard IP so you know if your NIC card is working? |
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| What is the linux Root Directory? |
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| What linux directory are the binary executable commands in? |
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| What linux directory are the files that the bootstrap loader needs? |
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| What linux directory are device drivers in? |
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| What linux directory are the system startup configuration files in? |
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| What linux directory contains the system initialization directories and scripts in? |
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| What is the linux directory that is the default location for normal users? |
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| What linux directory is used for miscellaneous files? |
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| What linux directory is reserved for temporarily mounted files? |
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| What linux directory is the permanent directory for mounting temporary drives like cds and flash drives? |
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| What linux directory is the home directory for the user root, usually the system admisnistrator? |
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| What linux directory contains files that start and repair the system, as well as essential network programs? |
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| What linux directory contains programs and applications? |
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| What linux directory contains regular user commands and executables? |
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| What linux directory contains log files,spool files, and other dynamic files? |
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| What group must a user be a member on a Windows system in order to share a folder? |
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| List the three share permissions |
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1. Read
2. Write
3. Full Control |
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| What is the network address? |
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| What are the NTFS share options |
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1. Read
2. Write
3. Read & Execute
4. Modify
5. Full Control
6. List Folder Contents |
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