Network Communication - Answers

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1. Match the following words on the left to their meanings on the right.
IP

Not changing

MAC

Internet Protocol

Static

Media Access Control

Dynamic

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2. In order to send data through a network it is first split up into what?

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(Network) packets
_______________________________
3. The following diagram shows the contents of a network packet. Two
additional items are required. Put these in the blank boxes below.
Data

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192.168.0.100
4C:0F:6E:22:8E:06
173.194.66.99

Private IP
address

Public IP
address

MAC address

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When information is sent through the Internet, it

i first gets split into
_________________
called _________________.
Each will be sent to the
smaller units
packets
first _________________
which
looks
to
see
the
_________________
router
destination address in
the packet. It sends to the next router on the _________________
to the
route
destination based on how
ow much _________________
it can handle and
traffic
how close it is to the destination.
destination address
route

router
outer
smaller units

packets

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traffic

7. Two packets are sent through a network. The second packet sent
arrives before the first. How is this possible?
ossible? Fill in one circle.
It cant; packets arrive in order
The firewall took longer to check the second packet

Packets can go different routes and one route may be faster

The first packet had more data inside so took longer

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8. When you turn on a networked computer in a school it first asks a

DHCP server for an IP address that it will use. The DHCP server allocates it
the IP address 10.0.5.38.

4. For each of the following numbers tick whether it is an private IP

address, public IP address or a MAC address. Tick one box in each row.
Address

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6. Complete the paragraph below using the words beneath.

Changing

Packet sequence Source Destination Checksum

address
address
Number
(having the order the wrong way around is okay)

5. Every network interface has a unique number which is called what?

MAC address (Media Access Control address)
_______________________________

a) The computer is using which sort of IP address? Fill in one circle.

Dynamic IP address
Static IP address

b) A computer in another school has also been given the IP address

10.0.5.38. Why is it possible for them to both have the same address?
_______________________________
It ____________________________
is a private IP address
(so two networks can have the same address internally)

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