General Flashcards
TCP Flags
Layer 4 (bits with the header that can control the data flow)
Maximum size of an internet packet
1500 bytes (IP header 20, TCP header 20, TCP data 1460)
peer to peer
all devices communicate to each other(both clients and server)
client server
clients talk to server
NAS vs SAN
network attached storage (cant change a single byte) Storage area network (can make single byte changes)
demarcation point
point where the outside network connects to your personal network
hypervisor
virtual machine manager (manages the OS, CPU, networking and security
fiber
more expensive than copper, but faster over long distance
Satellite networking
non terrestrial, high cost, 50 Mbit/s down 3 Mbit/s up, 250 ms up and down latency, 2 GHz frequency
media converter
Layer 1, extends distance, converts from fiber to copper or other way
transceiver
transmitter and receiver
duplex communications
transmit and receive
BiDi
bi directional transceiver(you can transmit and receive on 1 fiber)
Half vs Full duplex
half lets you send or receive, full lets you do both
loop back addresses
127.0.0.1-127.255.255.254
reserved addresses
240.0.0.1-254.255.255.254