Quiz 7
__ was the first commercially available local area network system and remains, without a doubt, the most popular local area network system today.
Ethernet
The __ is essentially the interface device between the wireless user device and the wired local area network.
access point
Two different signaling technologies can be used with a bus network: baseband signaling and __ signaling.
broadband
The __ topology consists of a simple cable, or bus, to which all devices attach.
bus/tree
The most popular contention-based protocol is __.
carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)
In __ segment networks, a switch may be directly connected to a workstation, and the switch connects to the hub.
dedicated
A local area network performs file serving when it's connected to a workstation with a large storage disk drive that acts as a central storage repository, or __ server.
file
A __ is a device that interconnects two or more workstations in a star-wired bus local area network and immediately retransmits the data it receives from any workstation out to all other workstations connected.
hub
The switch operates in place of a __.
hub
In CSMA/CA, the amount of time a device is made to wait before it can transmit is called the __.
interframe space (IFS)
A(n) __ protocol is the software that allows a workstation to place data onto a local area network.
medium access control
With __, you can send electrical power over the Ethernet connection.
power over Ethernet (PoE)
The local area network software called a __ server provides workstations with the authorization to access a particular printer, accepts and queues print jobs, prints cover sheets, and allows users access to the job queue for routine and administrative functions.
The __ is used to connect local area networks to wide area networks.
router
When two or more hubs are interconnected and a workstation transmits data, all the workstations connected all the hubs receive the data. This is an example of a(n)
shared network
The most popular configuration for a local area network is the __ topology
star-wired bus
A __ is a device that interconnects two segments of local area networks and acts as a filter.
switch
Whether shared or dedicated segments are involved, the primary goal of a(n) __ is to isolate a particular pattern of traffic from other patterns of traffic or from the remainder of the network.
switch
One of the more interesting applications for a dedicated segment network and a switch is creating a __.
virtual LAN
The IEEE __ is used to connect local area networks to wide area networks.
802.11n
