Chapter 13

Circuit switching provides

a dedicated circuit between two communicating entities.

Local area networks spans a major city or metropolitan.

False

Packet switching is typically associated with telephone technology.

False

A Media Access Control address is divided into a 3-byte organizational unique ID and a 3-byte block that identifies a particular network interface card (NIC).

True

What is the purpose of byte stuffing?

Used to distinguish between data and control information.

Star

computers are all attached to a central point

Bus

computers connected by a single cable

Ring

computers connected in a closed loop

Broadcast

corresponds to all computers, and specifies that each computer on the network should receive a copy of the packet

Multicast

identifies a subset of the computers on a given network, and specifies that each computer in the subset should receive a copy of the packet

3 types of IEEE addresses

multicast, unicast, and broadcast

Unicast

uniquely identifies a single computer, and specifies that only the identified computer should receive a copy of the packet

Mesh

computers have a direct connection between each pair