Frequently Asked Questions - Networking

• User(s) are complaining of delays when using the network. What would you do?



• What are some of the problems associated with operating a switched LAN?



• Name some of the ways of combining TCP/IP traffic and SNA traffic over the same link.



• What sort of cabling is suitable for Fast Ethernet protocols?



• What is a Class D IP address?



• Why do I sometimes lose a server's address when using more than one server?



• What is Firewall?



• How do I monitor the activity of sockets?



• How would I put my socket in non-blocking mode?



• What are RAW sockets?



• What is the role of TCP protocol and IP protocol.



• What is UDP?



• How can I make my server a daemon?



• How should I choose a port number for my server?



• Layers in TCP/IP



• How can I be sure that a UDP message is received?



• How to get IP header of a UDP message



• Writing UDP/SOCK_DGRAM applications



• How many bytes in an IPX network address?



• What is the difference between MUTEX and Semaphore?



• What is priority inversion?



• Different Solutions to dining philosophers problem.



• What is a message queue?



• Questions on Shared Memory.



• What is DHCP?



• Working of ping, telnet, gopher.



• Can I connect two computers to internet using same line ?



• Why networks are layered ? What is the advantage of that ?



• How many layers are there in OSI ? Why is it called OSI model ?



• network topologies ?



• Which are the different network toplogies ?



• an example of bus type network.



• What is the Bandwidth of ethernet ?



• Explain the advantage and disadvantage of ethernet ?



• Which is the protocol used in ethernet. (CSMA/CD) Why is it called so ?



• What is the advantage of Ring network ?



• Compare it with ethernet.