Study Guide

Computer Systems Technology

Study Guide

  1. What is an IP address?



  2. Define the following:




  3. How many bits in a IP address



  4. What are the 3 ways to display a IP address? Give an example of each.



  5. Is the 32 bit IP address structured or flat? Hierarchical or nonhierarchical?



  6. Why was Hierarchical addressing chosen?



  7. How many addresses can the 32 bit ip address structure handle?



  8. What does the network address define? Give an example of what a network address is.



  9. What does the node address define? What is another name for a node address? Give an example of what a node address is.



  10. What are the 3 Classes of addresses? What are they each most commonly used for?



  11. What must always be off in a Class A network address?



  12. What is the maximum and minium that this will allow the first octet to be?



  13. What is dictated as far as must be on or off for a Class B address?



  14. What is the maximum and minium that this will allow the first octet to be?



  15. What is dictated as far as must be on or off for a Class C address?



  16. What is the maximum and minium that this will allow the first octet to be?



  17. What addresses are reserved for class D and E?



  18. What are the following addresses reserved for?



  19. Which of the octets are used for the network address and for the node address in a Class A address?



  20. How can you tell if an address is a Valid Class A address?



  21. Which of the octets are used for the network address and for the node address in a Class B address?



  22. How can you tell if an address is a Valid Class B address?



  23. Which of the octets are used for the network address and for the node address in a Class C address?



  24. How can you tell if an address is a Valid Class C address?



  25. What is a Private IP address?



  26. Why were they created?



  27. For private IP addresses to work on the internet what needs to be in place?



  28. What ip address Class is best for use in a corperation? For a home user?



  29. Define the following types of broadcast addresses:




  30. What are Layer 2 broadcasts also know as?How far do they go?



  31. How far does a Layer 3 broadcast go?



  32. What is a good example of a broadcast message?



  33. What is the difference between a broadcast and a Unicast?



  34. If a address has a 0 or a 255 in it is it automaticaly a broadcast?



  35. What does a Multicast do? Why is this useful?



  36. How does Multicast work?



  37. What is the main idea of NAT?



  38. In NAT what are inside and outside networks?



  39. Describe the following types of NAT: