Networking Questions

MAU is Multistation Access Unit

In token Ring , hub is called Multistation Access Unit(MAU).

Ethernet uses Bus topology.

Packet filter is a standard router equipped with some extra functionality. The extra functionality allows every incoming or outgoing packet to be inspected. Packets meeting some criterion are forwarded normally. Those that fail the test are dropped

Hubs regenerate electrical signals, which are specified at the Physical layer.

A network is nothing but 2 or more computers are grouped together to share information and resources and the that arrangement is called a topology.

Cluster network topology is not a common type.

One of two sublayers of the data link layer of OSI reference model, as defined by the IEEE 802 standard. This sublayer is responsible for maintaining the link between computers when they are sending data across the physical network connection

ICMP is Internet Control Message Protocol, a network layer protocol of the TCP/IP suite used by hosts and gateways to send notification of datagram problems back to the sender. It uses the echo test / reply to test whether a destination is reachable and responding. It also handles both control and error messages.