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| A physical layer standard for achieving 10-Gbps data transmission over twisted pair cable. Described in its 2006 standard 802.3an, IEEE specifies Cat6 or Cat 7 cable as the appropriate medium for 10GBase-T. The maximum segment length for 10GBase-T is 100 meters |
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| A physical layer standard for networks that specifies 1-Gbps transmission over fiber optic cable using baseband transmission. 1000Base-LX can run on either single-mode or multimode fiber. The LX represents its reliance on long wavelength of 1300 nanometers. 1000Base -LX can extend to 5000-meter segment length using single mode, fiber optic cable. 1000Base-LX networks can use one repeater between segments. |
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| A physical layer standard for networks that specifies 1-Gbps transmission over fiber optic cable using baseband transmission. 1000Base-SX runs on multimode fiber. Its maximum segment length is 550 meters. The SX represents its reliance on short wavelength s of 850 nanometers. 1000Base-SX can use one repeater |
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| A physical layer standard for achieving 1 Gbps over UTP, 1000Base-T achieves its higher throughput by using all four pairs of wires in a Cat 5 or higher twisted pair cable to both transmit and receive signals. 1000Base-T also uses a different data encoding scheme than that used by other UTP physical layer specifications |
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| A physical layer standard for networks that specifies baseband transmission, multimode fiber cabling, and 100-Mbps throughput. 100Base-Fx networks have a maximum segment length of 2000 meters. 100Base-FX may also be called Fast Ethernet. |
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| A physical layer standard for networks that specifies baseband transmission, twisted pair cabling and 100-Mbps thoughput. 100Base-T networks have a maximum segment length of 100 meters and use the star topology. Also known as Fast Ethernet |
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| A type of 100Base-T network that uses two wire pairs in a twisted pair cable, but uses faster signaling to achieve 100-Mbps throughput. It is capable of full duplex transmission and requires Cat 5 or higher twisted pair media |
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| Has a Maximum Distance per Segment length of 100 meters |
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| A physical layer standard for networks that specifies baseband transmission, twisted pair media, 10-Mbps throughput. 10Base-T networks have a maximum segment length of 100 meters and rely on star topology |
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| A physical Layer standard for achieving 10-Gbps data transmission over single mode fiber optic able. In 10GBase-ER, the ER stands for extended reach. This standard specifies a star topology and segment lengths up to 40 Kilometers. |
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| Has a Maximum Distance per Segment length of 40,000 meters. |
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| A variation of the 10GBase-ER standard that is specially encoded to operate over SONET WAN links |
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| A physical layer standard for the achieving 10-Gbps data transimission over single mode, fiber-optic cable using wavelengths of 1310 nanometers. In 10GBase-LR, the LR stands for long reach. This standard specifies a star topology and segment up to 10 kilometers |
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| A variation of the 10-GBase-LR standard that is specially encoded to operate over SONET WAN links |
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| Has a Maximum Distance per Segment length of 10,000 meters. |
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| A physical layer standard for achieving 10-Gbps data transmission over multitude fiber using wavelength of 850 nanometers. The maximum segment length for 10GBase-SR can reach up to 300 meters, depending on the fiber core diameter and modal bandwidth used |
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| A variation of the 10GBase-SR standard that is specially encoded to operate over SONET WAN links |
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| A guideline for 10-Mbps Ethernet networks stating that between two communicating nodes, the network cannot contain more than five network segments connected by four repeating devices and no more than three of the segments may be populated |
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| The IEEE standard that describes 1000Base-T, a 1-Gigabit Ethernet technology that runs over four pairs of Cat 5 or better cable |
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| The IEEE standard that describes 10-Gigabit ethernet technologies, including 10GBase-SR, 10GBase-SW, 10GBase-LR, 10GBase-LW, 10GBase-ER and 10-GBase-EW |
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| The IEEE standard that specifies a way of suplying electrical Power over Ethernet (PoE). 802.3af requires Cat 5 or better UTP or STP cabling and uses power sourcing equipment to supply current over a wire pair to powered devices PoE is compatible with existing 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, 1000Base-T, and 10GBase-T implementation |
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| The IEEE standard published in 2006 that describes 10GBase-T, a 10-Gbps ethernet technology that runs on Cat 6 or cat 7 twisted pair of cable |
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| The IEEE standard that describes fast Ethernet technologies including 100Base-TX |
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| The IEEE standard that describes 1000Base or 1 gigabit ethernet technologies, including 1000Base-LX and 1000Base-SX |
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| A network's method of controlling how nodes access the communications channel. |
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| A topology in which each workstation participates in transmitting data over the network. |
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| Logically grouped network nodes that can communicate directly via broadcast transmission. For example, all nodes connected to a single hub and all nodes that participate in a bus topology network belong to a single broadcast domain. |
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| The single cable connecting all devices in a bus topology |
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| Which topology is susceptible to signal bounce? |
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| A topology in which a single cable connects all nodes on a network without intervening connectivity devices |
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| Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
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| What is the minimum cabling standard required for 10Base-T Ethernet. |
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| What is the minimum cabling standard required for 10GBase-T Ethernet. |
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| A type of switching in which a connection is established between two network nodes before they begin transmitting data. |
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| A type of backbone that uses a router or switch as the single central connection point for multiple subnetworks. |
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| In Ethernet networks, the interference of one node's data transmission with the data transmission of another node sharing the same segment |
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| The interference of one node's data transmission with the data transmission of another node sharing the same segment. |
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| The portion of an ethernet network in which collisions could occur if two nodes transmit data at the same time |
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| A group of connectivity devices linked together in a serial fasion. |
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| A group of connectivity devices linked together in a serial fashion |
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| The length of time data takes to travel from one point on the segment to another point. On Ethernet networks, CSMA/CDs collision detection routine cannot operate accurately if the data propagation delay is too long. |
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| Consist of a number of connectivity devices connected to a series of central connectivity devices. |
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| Ensure the data is at least 46 bytes |
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| What is the purpose of padding an Ethernet frame? |
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| An entire organization, including local and remote offices a mixture of computer systems and a member of departments. Enterprise-wide computing takes into account the breadth and diversity of a large organization |
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| Which network technology uses packet switching? |
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| The original Ethernet frame type developed by digital, Intel, and Xerox, before the IEEE began to standardize Ethernet. Ethernet_II contains a 2 byte type field to identify the upper layer protocol contained in the frame. It supports TCP/IP and other higher layer protocals |
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| A type of ethernet network that is capable of 100Mbps throughput. 100Base-T and 100Base-FX are both examples of Fast Ethernet |
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| The capability for a component or system to continue functioning despite damage or malfunction |
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| A type of Ethernet network that is capable of 1000-Mbps, or 1-Gbps, throughput. |
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| A physical topology that combines characteristics of more than one simple physical topology. |
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| Which network technology uses circuit switching? |
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| A part of CSMA\CD in which, upon detecting a collision, a station issues a special 32-bit sequence to indicate to all nodes on an ethernet segment that is previously transmitted frame has suffered a collision |
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| A part of CSMA/CD in which, upon detecting a collision, a station issues a special 32-bit sequence to indicate to all nodes on an Ethernet segment that its previously transmitted frame has suffered a collision and should be considered faulty. |
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| A characteristics of network transmission that reflects the way in which data is transmitted between nodes(which may differ from the physical layout of the data takes) the most common logical topologies are bus and ring |
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| A type of switching that enables any one of several layer 2 protocols to carry multiple types of layer 3 protocols. |
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| A type of switching in which a connection is established between two devices in the connection path; one device transfers the data to the second device, then breaks the connection. |
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| A type of switching in which data is broken into packets before it is transported. |
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| The bytes added to the data (or information) portion of an Ethernet frame to ensure this field is at least 46 bytes in size. Padding has no effect on the data carried |
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| Most robust type of network backbone |
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| PoE (Power over Ethernet) |
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| A method of delivering current to devices using Ethernet connection cables. |
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| The field in an Ethernet frame that signals to the receiving node that data is incoming and indicated when the data flow is about to begin. |
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| The result of specification for guaranteeing data delivery within a certain period of time after transmission. |
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| In which topology is each node connected to the next nearest node to form a circle? |
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| Consists of two or more internetworking devices connected to each other by a single cable. |
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| A phenomenon, caused by improper termination on a bus topology network, in which signals travel endlessly between the two ends of the network. |
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| What type of topology is required for use with a 100Base-TX network? |
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| A hybrid topology in which groups off workstations are connected in a star fashion to hubs that are networked via a single bus |
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| A component of a network's logical topology that manages how packets are filtered and forwarded between nodes on the network. |
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| A resistor that is attached to each end of the bus topology network and that causes the signal to stop rather than reflect back toward its source |
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| A networks method of controlling how nodes access the communications channel. For example, CSMA\CD( Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection) is the access method specified in the IEE 802.3 ethernet standard |
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| A component of a networks logical topology that manages how packets are filtered and forwarded between node on the networks |
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