Network+, Chapter 12 - Advanced Networking Devices fully solved graded A+ 2023/2024

Network+, Chapter 12 - Advanced Networking Devicesserver - correct answer the provider of services and data sharing client/server model - correct answer earliest network model Servers were "dedicated", and performed only as servers Servers could only serve, clients could only access; means no direct file sharing, everything must be done through server very secure model peer-to-peer model - correct answer any client/server can act as a client/server, depending on the individual configuration of the machine very insecure model modern network models - correct answer no longer take on the moniker of peer-to-peer or client/server /applications/ now use these monikers for their functions dedicated client - correct answer a program/endpoint that only acts as a client and nothing else (either in a network or for an application) example: Microsoft Outlook dedicated server - correct answer a program/endpoint that acts only as a server and nothing else (either in a network or for an application) example: Microsoft Exchange peer-to-peer applications (P2P) - correct answer applications that allow a system/program to act as both a client and a server example: LimeWire virtual private network (VPN) - correct answer the use of encrypted tunnels between a computer/remote network and a private network through the Internet define: endpoints - correct answer the ends of the tunnel where the data is encrypted and decrypted Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) - correct answer an advanced version of PPP used in VPN's Places the endpoints on the client and the server run "create a new connection" option on the client side to create the client-side endpoint when the client connects to the RRAS server on the private network, PPTP creates a secure tunnel through the Internet back to the private LAN Routing and Remote Access Server (RRAS) - correct answer server endpoint of PPTP, originally only available on Windows Server host-to-site connection - correct answer where a single computer logs into a remote network and becomes a member of that network (logically, at least)