Chapter 10 Vocabulary & Questions

Vocabulary

Segment

Internet service providers (ISP)

Router

Address

IP

Broadcast Address

Subnetwork

Subnet mask

Questions

1. What type of addressing scheme does the network layer address use?

2. The Internet is a collection of network ____________ that are tied together to facilitate the sharing of information.

3. What specific internetworking device that operates at Layer 3 interconnects networks?

4. What type of determination is the process the router uses to choose a course for the packet to travel to its destination?

5. At what layer does addressing occur?

6. When a computer is moved to a different network, what type of address remains the same and what type of address must be reassigned?

7. What is the difference between a flat addressing scheme and a hierarchical addressing scheme?

8. In the IP header, what information does the “total length” contain?

9. What three pieces of information does the subnet mask give to network devices?

10. How many hosts can be assigned to a Class C network?