Chapter 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A signal used in wireless networks indicating that a computer has data ready to send on the network.
  2. 3. to share available bandwidth.
  3. 4. Point A wireless device that serves as the central connection point of a wireless LAN and mediates communication between wireless
  4. 5. A signal an AP generates in response to a request-to-send signal. A CTS signal indicates that the computer that sent an RTS can transmit data
  5. 8. The address configured in a computer’s IP address settings specifying the address of a router to which the computer can send packets addressed to devices on other networks.
  6. 10. A network design in which interconnecting devices allow only one connected device to transmit data at a time, thus requiring
  7. 13. The scope of devices to which broadcast frames are forwarded.
  8. 16. A routing table entry that tells a router where to send a packet with a destination network address that can’t be found in the routing table.
  9. 18. A network design in which interconnecting devices allow only one connected device to transmit data at a time, thus requiring
  10. 20. A designated port on a hub or switch used to connect to another hub or switch without using a crossover cable.
Down
  1. 1. A network message intended to be processed by all devices on a LAN; it has the destination address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
  2. 6. The name assigned to a wireless network that is configured on the wireless access point.
  3. 7. A network message addressed to only one computer on the LAN. PREV
  4. 9. Making a connection between devices such as two switches, usually for the purpose of expanding a network.
  5. 11. A network device that performs the same function as a repeater but has several ports to connect a number of devices; sometimes called a multiport repeater
  6. 12. a multiport repeater
  7. 14. to share available bandwidth.
  8. 15. A network device that takes incoming signals and regenerates, or repeats, them to other parts of the network.
  9. 17. A device that enables LANs to communicate with one another by forwarding packets from one LAN to another
  10. 19. A network device that performs the same function as a repeater but has several ports to connect a number of devices; sometimes