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What is the Routing Information Protocol or RIP?

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RIP is a is an interior gateway protocol that was often used in interior networks and in some degree in internet networks. It helps the router adapt to the modifications that are made in a network regarding connections. Now it become less used since more efficient protocols were implemented like OSPF or IS-IS. It is limited to a lower number of routers, a maximum of fifteen router.

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What is the DNS forwarder?

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DNS servers often must communicate with DNS servers outside of the local network. A forwarder is an entry that is used when a DNS server receives DNS queries that it cannot resolve locally. It then forwards those requests to external DNS servers for resolution.

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What is DHCP scope?

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A scope is a range, or pool, of IP addresses that can be leased to DHCP clients on a given subnet.

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What are the LMHOSTS files?

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The LMHOSTS file is a static method of resolving NetBIOS names to IP addresses in the same way that the HOSTS file is a static method of resolving domain names into IP addresses. An LMHOSTS file is a text file that maps NetBIOS names to IP addresses; it must be manually configured and updated.

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What are the differences between static ip addressing and dynamic ip addressing?

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With static IP addressing, a computer (or other device) is configured to always use the same IP address. With dynamic addressing, the IP address can change periodically and is managed by a centralized network service

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What is IP address?

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The internet address( IP address) is 32bits that uniquely and universally defines a host or router on the internet. The portion of the IP address that identifies the network is called netid. The portion of the IP address that identifies the host or router on the network is called hostid.

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What is TDM?

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TDM is a digital process that can be applied when the data rate capacity of the transmission  medium is greater than the data rate required by the sending and receiving devices.

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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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