NETWORKING INTERVIEW QUESTIONS(111-120)

What is cladding?

A layer of a glass surrounding the center fiber of glass inside a fiber-optic cable.

What is subnet?

A generic term for section of a large networks usually separated by a bridge or router.

A gateway operates at the upper levels of the OSI model and translates information between two completely different network architectures or data formats.

What is point-to-point protocol?

A communications protocol used to connect computers to remote networking services including Internet service providers.

What are 10Base2, 10Base5 and 10BaseT Ethernet LANs ?

10Base2—An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling, with a contiguous cable segment length of 100 meters and a maximum of 2 segments
10Base5—An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling, with 5 continuous segments not exceeding 100 meters per segment.
10BaseT—An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling and twisted pair cabling.

What are the possible ways of data exchange?

(i) Simplex
(ii) Half-duplex
(iii) Full-duplex.

What are the two types of transmission technology available?

(i) Broadcast
(ii) point-to-point.

How do I convert a numeric IP address like 192.18.97.39 into a hostname like java.sun.com?

String hostname = InetAddress.getByName(”192.18.97.39″).getHostName();

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