Chapter 1 – Case Projects

Case Project 1-1: Troubleshooting Network Connectivity on a Small Network You are asked to visit a small law firm to help troubleshoot some network connectivity problems. The law firm’s network consists of 11 workstations connected by a single 24-port hub. A senior partner describes the problem as “consistent” and explains that every morning there is […]

Chapter 1 – Study Guide

What is TCP/IP – pg2 Origins & History of  TCP/IP Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), funded an academic research project involving a special type of long-haul (long-distance) network, called a packet-switched network. In a packet-switched network environment, individual chunks of data (called packets) can take any usable path between the sender and receiver. The sender […]