CSC 230: Intro to Networking

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Assignment 6

1. Identify the three fundamental shapes of physical topologies
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2. How many communication channels does a simple physical bus have?

3. Which topology requires the most cabling?

4. Identify common logical topologies.

5. The switching method used by Ethernet is:

6. Identify the access method used by all forms of Ethernet:

7. Above what percentage is the collision rate deemed excessive?
8. Identify the maximum number of allowed 100BASE-TX network segments:
9. What is the maximum distance between 1000Base-T nodes using a repeater?

10. What is the relationship between modal bandwidth and reliable signal carrying over fiber?

11. Which Ethernet Frame type is most used today?
12. What type of address occupies the source field in an Ethernet frame?

13. Is it more efficient to support one or two Ethernet frame types?

14. Identify the type of nodes that may benefit from the IEEE 802.3af standard:

15. What type of cabling is required for PoE?

Know the following terms:

• Border Router
• Broadcast Domain
• Collision domain
• Convergence time
• Exterior Router
• Gateway
• Interior Router
• Modular Router
• VLAN