Frequently Asked Questions - Networking Concepts

• 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.