Ethernet Network Fundamentals and Operations

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Refer to the Exhibit: Full-Duplex Operation

Refer to the exhibit. The switch and workstation are administratively configured for full-duplex operation. Which of the following statements accurately reflects the operation of this link?

There will be no collisions in this type of link.

Random Delay in Ethernet Collisions

Why does a host on an Ethernet segment that experiences a collision use a random delay before attempting to transmit a frame?

A random delay helps prevent the stations from experiencing

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Understanding Computer Networks: LAN, WAN, Topologies & Protocols

Understanding Computer Networks

Network Types

  • LAN (Local Area Network): Limited geographically, greater capacity, higher transmission speeds, lower error rate.
  • WAN (Wide Area Network): Wide geographical area, lower capacity, higher error rate.

Other Network Types

  • Metropolitan (MAN)
  • Personal Area (PAN)
  • Wireless LAN (WLAN)

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

Limited to areas like a city population.

PAN (Personal Area Network)

Home networks are simple and small, using wireless or cable connections, with small costs.

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Circuit Switching, Virtual Circuits, and Multiplexing Techniques

A circuit-switched network is made of a set of switches connected by physical links, in which each link is divided into n channels. Figure 8.3 illustrates a trivial circuit-switched network. In circuit switching, resources need to be reserved during the setup phase; the resources remain dedicated for the entire duration of data transfer until the teardown phase. 

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Virtual-Circuit Networks

A virtual-circuit network is a cross between a circuit-switched network and a datagram network, exhibiting characteristics

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Networking Essentials: Dial-Up, Servers, and Active Directory

Networking Essentials

Dial-Up Networking Parameters

The necessary parameters include transmission lines, communication power, and telephone terminals.

SMTP Server Explained

An SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server is responsible for transferring email between different servers and moving messages from clients to servers.

PPTP Server Defined

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) encapsulates packets from local area networks, making them transparent to the network procedures used in data transmission

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OCaml Programming Examples: Functions and Data Structures

OCaml Programming Examples

Basic Functions

Fibonacci:

let rec fib x = if x <= 1 then 1 else fib (x-1) + fib (x-2);;

Factorial:

let rec fact x = if x <= 1 then 1 else x * fact (x-1);;

List Operations

Insert and Sort:

let rec insert elem = function
  | [] -> [elem]
  | h::t -> if elem < h then elem::h::t else h::insert elem t;;

let rec sort = function
  | [] -> []
  | h::t -> insert h (sort t);;

sort [4;2;3;5];;

Reverse List:

let rev list =
  let rec aux acc = function
    | [] -> 
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Network Layers, Ethernet, and WAN Technologies

Application and Presentation Layer

Application and Presentation Layer: Services, files, printers, applications, databases.

Transport and Network Layer

Transport and Network Layer: Network management, routing protocols, switch.

Data Link and Physical Layers

Data Link Layer and Physical: Ethernet communications management, UTP Cat 5, SONET, physical media, hardware.

  • The first Ethernet standard was an association between Digital Equipment Corp., Intel, and Xerox (DIX).
  • Ethernet was released as an open standard.
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