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State 3 advantages of optical fibre compared to copper cables |
- Completely immune to EMI and EMI - Completely immune to electrical hazards - Has a higher supported bandwidth of 10 Mb/s- 100 Gb/s - Covers a higher distance of 1 - 100,000 meters |
Disturbance Hazards Distance Bandwidth |
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What is meant by the term encapsulation? |
A method of designing communication protocols |
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Which OSI layer controls the signaling scheme used in a packet network |
Network layer |
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At which OSI layer would you find segments? |
Transport layer |
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At which OSI layer would you find frames? |
Network layer |
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At which OSI layer would you find packets? |
Network layer |
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Describe what is meant by a LAN and a WAN, and explain how they differ |
Local area network & wide area network. LAN can be used to connect maybe a room, a building, a campus together, whereas WAN has a greater connectivity distance so can connect two campuses together that are on different locations |
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What is the difference between a switch and a router? |
A switch is used to connect nodes together, a router is used to connect networks together |
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Give 2 advantages of using a layered network model? |
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