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What was the Internet originally designed to support? Scientific, educational and military research.

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What is and RFC? Request for comments

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What unit is used to measure Internet bandwidth speed? Mbps

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Describe the following services offered by an ISP: equipment co-location : A business may opt to have some or all internal network equipment physically located on the ISP premises. Web hosting: the ISP provides the server and application software for storing web pages and web content for the business website. FTP: the ISP provides the server and application software for the FTP site of a business. Applications and media hosting: the ISP provides the server and software to allow a business to provide streaming media such as music, video or applications such as online databases. Voice over ip: a business can save on long distance telephone charges, especially for internal calls between geographically distant offices, by using voice over ip (VoIP) Technical support: many businesses do not have the in-house technical expertise to manage large internal networks. Some ISPs provide technical support and consulting services for additional fees. Point of presence (pop): a business has the option of connecting to the ISP through pop, using a variety of access technologies. Equipment colocation Web Hosting

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According to the curriculum, what are the 3 main types of high bandwidth connections used by business? T1, T3 and Metro Ethernet

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What are the speeds of T1 and T3 connections? T1 is 1.544/2.048 Mbps and T3 is 44.736/34.368 Mbps.

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Where do customers connect to the ISP? Pop

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What is the function of a Tier 1 ISP? Connects directly with each other through private peering, physically joining their individual network.

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What is the function of a Tier 2 ISP? Tier 2 ISPs exchange global traffic with other ISPs less expensively through public peering At Ixps.

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What is the function of a Tier 3 ISP? Generally found in major cities and provide customers local access to the Internet.

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What is an IXP and how does it relate to the Internet Backbone? Brings hundred of ISPs in a central physical location for access to multiple networks over a shared connection.

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How do Pings work? What type of protocol and packets are used in a Ping? Sends a icmp echo request packet to the destination address then waits for an echo reply to turn to the host.

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What 2 things can you determine from the output of a Ping? Indicates whether the reply was received successful and displays the round-trip time for the transmissions.

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What is the Tracert command? How can it help you locate the possible location of communication problems? It displays the path that a packet takes from the source to the destination host. Calculates the time between when the packet is sent and when a reply is received from the router at each hop. What kind of network devices are the most scalable? Those that are modular and provide expansion slots for adding modules.

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Define the role of the On-Site Installation team. Are advised of which circuits and equipment to use and then they install them at the customer site.

Define the role of the Planning and Provisioning team. Determine whether the new customer has existing network hardware and circuits and if new circuits need to be installed.

Define the role of the NOC team. Monitor and test the new connection and ensure that it is performing properly.

Define the role of the Help Desk team. Are notified by the noc when the circuit is ready for operation and then contacts the customer to guide them through the process of setting up passwords and other necessary account information.

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