Network Administration Questions

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What is anonymous FTP and why would you use it

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Anonymous FTP enables users to connect to a host without using a valid login and password. Usually, anonymous FTP uses a login called anonymous or guest, with the password usually requesting the user's ID for tracking purposes only. Anonymous FTP is used to enable a large number of users to access files on the host without having to go to the trouble of setting up logins for them all. Anonymous FTP systems usually have strict controls over the areas an anonymous user can access

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What is difference between ARP and RARP?

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The address resolution protocol(ARP) is used to associate the 32 bit IP address with the 48 bit physical address, used by a host or a router to find the physical address of another host on its network by sending a ARP query packet that includes the IP address of the receiver.


The reverse address resolution protocol (RARP) allows a host to discover its Internet address when it knows only its physical address.

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What are the important topologies for networks?

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BUS topology:


In this each computer is directly connected to primary network cable in a single line.


 


STAR topology:


In this all computers are connected using a central hub.

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What is TELNET?

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TELNET is a client-server application that allows a user to log on to a remote machine, giving the user access to the remote system. TELNET is an abbreviation of terminal Network.

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Explain 5-4-3 rule

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In a Ethernet network, between any two points on the network, there can be no more than five network segments or four repeaters, and of those five segments only three of segments can be populated.

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What is the difference between an unspecified passive open and a fully specified passive open?

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An unspecified passive open has the server waiting for a connection request from a client. A fully specified passive


open has the server waiting for a connection from a specific client.

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What is WDM?

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WDM is conceptually the same as FDM, except that the multiplexing and demultiplexing  involve light signals transmitted through fiber optics channel.

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What is the difference between a Hub and a Switch?

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Hub is device to connect two devices, switch is a network bridge which processes and routes data approirately over network layer of OSI Reference model

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