Chapter 9 Review Questions

1. What are the three main classes of network addresses? How many bits does each use for the network I’d of an IP address?

2. According to your text there are 5 basic network components for TCP/IP communication. What are they? Can you think of any other components?

3. How does IPv6 differ from IPv4?

4. What is a virtual alias (also known as an IP alias)? How do we use IP aliases in our lab environment?

5. How does the Linux route statement differ from the Windows route statement? What does the Linux -net option do?

6. What does the netcat command do? Why is netcat preferable to telnet?

7. What commands are commonly used to configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP communication in Linux?