Network Addressing Devices

3. A digital traffic cop or invisible doorway living inside an operating system or VM to connect two local segments.
4. A bilingual front-office translator and security desk that handles boundaries like IPv4-to-IPv6 protocol conversions.
5. A dedicated enterprise specialist that plugs into a wired switch to broadcast a heavy-duty Wi-Fi signal across a crowded school building is called a _________ access point.
8. The permanent 48-bit digital fingerprint burned into hardware at the factory that never changes no matter where you move is called the _______ address.
9. A wall-outlet plug-in booster that stretches coverage into dead zones, sometimes requiring devices to switch names.
10. A smart device that acts like passing a private, sealed note straight to the intended recipient instead of broadcasting to everyone.
12. The main postal sorting facility of a network, routing data packets across the global internet.

1. The physical chip or card on a motherboard that acts as your computer's school ID card for the network is called the network ___________ card.
2. Large enterprise networks broken down into smaller, organized departmental zones or hallways.
6. A helper standing halfway down a long hall that listens to a weakening signal, cleans out static and recreates a fresh copy.
7. An outer perimeter router acting as the primary front door where all incoming and outward traffic enters a campus is called the _______ router.
11. Often compared to shouting in a quiet room because it blindly repeats everything out every port