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Pieces and Parts of a Network

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Pieces and Parts of a Network

Date: 2022-10-09 Time: 17:03

Networking Interface Cards

  • Layer 1 of OSI

Switches

  • CAM Table
  • MAC Address

Routers

  • Routing Table
  • IP Address

Example

  • 192.168.0.0/16 (First 2 Octets is not changeable)
  • 192.168.1.1/16 - Valid
  • 192.124.0.0/16 - Invalid

Wireless Access Points

  • Connected with switch (Redundancy)

Copper Cabling

  • Unshielded vs Shielded
    • Twisted prevents EMF
    • UTP - More on Interference
    • STP - Expensive

RJ45 - Network RJ11 - Telephone

Fiber-Optic Cabling

  • Uses light

Graph View