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Networking Hardware
Cards in this deck (18)
- 1WAPWireless Access Point
- 2NICNetwork Interface Card
- 3What is a WAP used for?Allows wireless devices and wired networks to connect
- 4What is a NIC used for?To connect a device to a network
- 5What is a router?A networking device that forwards data between computer networks.
- 6What is a router used for?To connect multiple networks
- 7What is a switch?A networking device that connects devices on a computer network.
- 8What is a switch used for?To receive, process and forward data to the destination device.
- 9What is a hub?A connection point for devices in a network
- 10What is a hub used for?To connect segments of LAN together, so information is sent to all the segments
- 11What is this?WAP
(Wireless Access Point) - 12What is this?NIC
(Network Interface Card)
- 13What is this?Router
- 14What is this?Hub
- 15What is this?Switch
- 16What is the difference between a Switch and a Hub?A hub sends data to all devices connected to it, while a switch can send data to one specific device.
- 17What is this?Powerline Adapter
- 18What is a powerline adapter used for?To send data over over your household's existing electrical wiring
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- Flashcards on Networking Hardware, created by Georgia Dennis on 18/03/2019.
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- Georgia Dennis · Mar 2019
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- Mar 18, 2019
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