To Review
  • Review Models
    • Review OSI model
    • Review how IP fits into TCP/IP model
      • IP addresses are considered logical addresses
  • Review Ethernet Protocols
    • 10GBaseSR - What is it?
    • 1000Base-LX specs, distance, etc
    • Review 1000BaseSX
    • Review 10BaseT
    • Review 100BaseTX
      • Anything with 100Base is considered Fast Ethernet
    • Review 1000Base* protocols
      • 1000BaseT
      • 1000BaseSX
      • 1000BaseLX
      • 10GBaseLW
  • Review cables & connectors
    • Review MT-RJ
    • Review Coax cables, specs, impedence, length, etc
      • RG-58
      • RG-8
      • RG-59
      • RG-6
    • Review types of Ethernet cables and specs
      • Review UTP
    • Review Fiber-optic cables
      • Review multi-modal, and multi-modal distortion
    • Review cable testing
      • Wiremap, continuity, and distance
  • Where is the hosts file located on a Windows machine?
  • Review SNMP and PDU
    • This can be used to check the configuration of a port on a switch
  • Review net use command
  • Review asymmetric encryption
  • Review WPS
  • Review Load balancing
  • Review subnetting
    • Subnet masks aren’t part of an IP packet
  • Review change requests
  • Review equipment failure planning
    • MTTR
    • MTTF
    • MTBF
  • Review FTP
    • Specifically ports 21 and 20
    • FTP listens for commands on port 21 and responds with data on port 20
  • Review NTP default port
    • port 123
  • Review TDR
  • Review TCP
    • Specifically 3-way handshake, and how TCP closes connections
  • Review layer 2
    • Review arp and how it maps IPs to Layer 2 (data link layer) addresses (mac).

Up to here reviewed, updated in wiki, and/or added to Anki

  • Review network infra
    • patch panels, punch down tool, and horizontal runs
  • Security
    • Review Smurf attack and DoS attacks
    • Review network hardenining strategies
    • Securing infra is not an element of risk management
  • Review High Availability
    • Review Link Aggregation
  • Review network troubleshooting
    • Review Replay attack
  • VLANs
    • VLANs break up a single broadcast domain into multiple, smaller broadcast domains.
  • Review IPv6
  • Review packet switching tech
    • ATM
    • MPLS
    • Frame Relay
    • Circuit switch is not a packat switching technology and creates a hard-wired circuit.
  • Switches
    • 10/100 layer 2 switches provide at least 50 Mbps of bw
  • ping isn’t a cable test, but a TCP/IP test
  • Review Mesh Networks
  • Review AAA