CS 458/558 - FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

FORMAT

• exam is Thurs., May 4: 8:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. (any three hour period)
• The format of the exam will be similar to the midterm:
  • 80 Multiple Choice
  • Discussion Questions (Undergraduate students need answer only four questions, while graduate students must answer five).

CONTENT

1. Introducing Networks
   1. OSI Model
2. Network Devices
   1. Hubs, Repeaters
   2. Bridges
   3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Bridges
   4. Switches
   5. Routers
   6. Advantages and Disadvantages of Bridges
3. TCP/IP and IP Addressing
   1. TCP/IP Protocol Suite
   2. Subnetting
4. Internetworking
   1. Routed Protocols
   2. Routing Protocols
5. Network Topology and Design
   1. Physical Topologies
   2. Media
   3. Standards Organizations
   4. Network Architecture
   5. Cabling Design
   6. LAN Design
6. Media Installation
   1. Cabling Standards
   2. Media Cofiguration
   3. Cable Routing
   4. Testing Cable
7. Electricity and Electronics
8. Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting
   1. Network Maintenance (Audits)
   2. Performance Evaluation
   3. Evaluation Report
   4. Network Management Tools
   5. Troubleshooting
9. WAN Concepts
   1. WAN Standards
   2. WAN Physical Layer
10. Router Basics
    1. Cisco Router UI
    2. Router Components
11. Router Startup and Configuration
    1. Router Setup and Startup
    2. IP on the Router and Connectivity
12. cabling and connectors: 10Base2(thinnet), 10Base5(thicknet), 10BaseT(CAT-3, CAT-5, UTP, STP), 10Base-F (fiber)[types, distances], RJ-45, BNC, terminators, T's
13. OSI Model Layers
14. LANS - Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), Token-Ring (IEEE 802.5)
15. WANs - frame-relay, T1, T3
16. RFCs, STDs
17. IP addresses, domain name addresses, MAC addresses
18. client/server vs. peer-to-peer networking
1. Setting up a Sample Network: Servers
2. Setting up a Sample Network: Clients
3. DNS
4. Managing and Troubleshooting TCP/IP
5. Other Questions / Concepts
   1. Why is TCP/IP the most common network protocol in use?
   2. Which types of computers can use TCP/IP?
   3. What are the components of TCP/IP?
   4. Explain the layered reference model for TCP/IP and OSI.
   5. Explain how to plan a TCP/IP network
   6. Identify valid network configurations for devices on a TCP/IP network
   7. Describe how to install TCP/IP on a Windows NT Server
   8. Describe the way in which the individual IP address classes are configured to support different combinations of networks and hosts in an IP network
   9. Describe how to configure a network by assigning appropriate IP addresses to devices on the network
   10. Describe how to configure a network that comprises multiple subnets by using subnet masks
   11. Describe the way in which IP routers are used to route packets between networks
   12. Explain the purpose of ARP
   13. Explain the way in which ARP maps an IP address to a hardware address on a local network
   14. Explain how to use the ARP diagnostic command to add, modify, or delete entries in a translation table used by ARP
   15. Explain the way in which the DNS is used to resolve a host name to an IP address
   16. Explain how to configure Windows NT and UNIX computers to use DNS
   17. Explain how to use the FTP command to connect to and exchange files with a TCP/IP-based host
   18. Explain how o use the telnet command to connect to a TCP/IP-based host
   19. Explain how to configure the SNMP service in such a way that it can be monitored by an SNMP Manager application
   20. Describe characteristics in a network environment that affect performance
   21. Describe how to diagnose IP address resolution problems
   22. Describe how to diagnose IP configuration problems using TCP/IP utilities
   23. Describe how to diagnose problems that commonly ocurr with host name resolution
   24. Explain how to diagnose address and name resolution problems using TCP/IP utilities