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Network Topology
✓ The Physical/Logical shape of a network
Logical Topology
✓ Gives the description for the physical layout, shows VLAN's and where they are placed on
the physical topology
Trunk Port
✓ Connects packets that travel to all VLAN's on a switch
Baseband Systems
✓ Transmits one signal on the medium (fiber, copper, etc)
Broadband
✓ Form of multiplexing to join multiple signals on a medium
Ethernet
✓ Designed as baseband system that can be used in multiplexing
CSMA/CD
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✓ Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection
Unicast
✓ Broadcast for a single device
Multicast
✓ Broadcast for a specific group or multiple devices
Broadcast
✓ Message for everyone to receive and process
Hub
✓ Broadcasts packets to every single port
Switch
✓ Broadcasts packets to device found on a singular port
Content Addressable Memory (CAM)
✓ Is a table that contains the MAC address and port associated to that MAC Address
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
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✓ Splitting a switch in which certain ports can only talk to certain ports (Segment networks
within a switch)
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
✓ A different way of switching packets that can be used on a dedicated line
802.1x
✓ Network Access Control that is a layer 2 authentication (Credentialed Question of 2FA)
A security appliance should be set in place when
✓ There is a change in trust level in the network
Protocol
✓ is an agreement or rules of engagement for how computer networks communicate
OSI Protocol Stack (7)
✓ Layer 7) Application
✓ Layer 6) Presentation
✓ Layer 5) Session
✓ Layer 4) Transport
✓ Layer 3) Network
✓ Layer 2) Data Link
✓ Layer 1) Physical
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Application Layer 7 OSI Stack
✓ Browsers, FTP, HTTP, SCP
Presentation Layer 6 OSI Stack
✓ Makes data presentable to the application or user (ASCII)
Session Layer 5 OSI Stack
✓ Handles the establishment/maintenance of connections between systems
Transport Layer 4 OSI Stack
✓ Determines that application the packet should be sent to through port numbers (Web on
80,443)
Network Layer 3 OSI Stack
✓ Moving packets from one network to another network, uses logical addressing instead of
physical addressing
Data Link Layer 2 OSI Stack
✓ Takes a packet and frames it suitable for transmission
Physical Layer 1 OSI Stack
✓ Network cable, electromagnetic radiation
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