Network Icons

Network Icons

Mr. Burnside IT Essentials

Host Devices 

The network devices that people are most familiar with are called end devices or host devices. They are called end devices because they are at the end or edge of a network. They are also called host devices because they typically host network applications, such as web browsers and email clients, that use the network to provide services to the use

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What icon is this?

• Computer Desktop

• Tablet

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What icon is this?

• IP Phone

• Camera

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What icon is this?

• IP phone

• Camera

Intermediary Devices

Intermediary devices ensure that data flows from one host device to another host device

Intermediary Devices

• Switch - connects multiple devices to the network.

• Router - forwards traffic between networks. 

• Wireless router - connects multiple wireless devices to the network and may include a switch to connect wired hosts.

• Access point (AP) - connects to a wireless router and is used to extend the reach of a wireless network.

• Modem - connects a home or small office to the Internet

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What icon is this?

• Switch

• Router

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What Icon is this?

• Wireless Router

• Router

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What Icon is this?

• Switch

• Camera

Network Media 

Communication across a network is carried on a medium. The medium provides the channel over which the message travels from source to destination. The plural for medium is media. The icons in Figure 3 represent different types of network media.

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What network media icon is this

• network Cloud

• wireless media

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What media icon is this?

• Wireless

• Cloud Network

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What are the two ways that computers can connect to the network?

• Computers and other devices can connect to a network using cables or wirelessly.

• Computers are not able to connect to network.

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What does TCP stand for?

• Transfer Control Protocol

• Transmission Control Protocol

• Transfer Character Protocol

• Transmission Character Protocol

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Which is not a layer in the TCP/IP model?

• Application

• Transmission

• Internet

• Network

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What kind of address is made up of hex pairs and stored on each device's NIC?

• MAC

• TCP

• IP

• DNS

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Which topology is this?

• Bus
• Star
• Ring
• Wave

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Which type of IP address might look like 192.168.18.1?

• IPv4

• IPv6

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WAN stand for ?

• Wide Area Natrok
• Wide Area Netwok
• Wide Aral Network
• 1,2