Networking basics

What is an IP address?

• The numerical label assigned to a device that utilizes the Internet Protocol suite for communication (aka getting to a website)

• An Internet procedure to give all websites a mailbox in the cloud

What is a domain?

• A room dedicated to servers and equipment found on most schools, businesses, or companies. Domains can also be based in the cloud or be virtual.

• A type of service provided by a company online

• A name for an IP address For example, lcusd.net is the website domain for our district. This allows you to type the name instead of the IP address to access the website.

• In a network, a domain is a specific area of the network identified by ports.

What role does a DNS server have in a network?

• This server translates computer traffic into measurable data to see how busy the network is at any one time

• This is a server that tracks what websites are used in a network in order to make accessing them much faster

• This server acts like a phone book or contact list and translates the website domains into IP addresses. It is a domain name server

• This is a server that stores the names of all the computers and equipment in a network. It is a directory and number server

What does LAN stand for?

• Larger analog network

• Local area network

• Latent acre nectar

• Longer auger napster

What is a broadcast storm?

• An issue that comes from too many clients on the network

• When a user goes to a website and gets a virus and that moves to the network

• Unusually high amounts of traffic on the network that causes an impact or halt to all communication

• When outside weather has an impact on the network performance

What does SSID stand for? (Also known as a wifi network name)

• Stand-alone secure identity driver

• Single server identification

• Service set identifier

• Secure storage information design

What does a firewall do in a network?

• It filters the network traffic to protect against interference or attacks based on a set of rules allowing certain traffic or actions to occur

• It is a piece of hardware in a server used to detect heat and then turn on the fan

• It provides heat distribution in a server room

• It is symbolic part of a network admins job when protect users from doing things they shouldn't

What is ethernet?

• The proto-internet before we had wifi

• A private internet, something that isn't public

• Another term for services in the cloud

• A set of networking standards for connecting computers and other equipment through cables

What are the main components of a network?

• Servers, permissions, and cables

• WiFI signals, passwords, clouds

• Hardware, software, protocols, client devices

• Ports, copper, and packets

What are packets and bytes?

• The specs of a motherboard that direct graphics to a monitor

• Network cable connections

• Signals that measure power needs for computers and they report back to the router

• Bytes are combined to make up packets, these are the pieces of information traveling through a network such as parts of emails