ISSC640 Week 4 Homework Assignment
Instructions: Please answer the following End of Chapter Exercises from Chapters 13-16 of your text.
Chapter 13 - Local Area Networks: Packets, Frames, and Topologies
13.1 What is circuit switching, and what are its chief characteristics?
13.5 What are the characteristics of LANs, MANs, and WANs?
Chapter 14 - The IEEE MAC Sub-Layer
14.1 Explain the three basic approaches used to arbitrate access to a shared medium.
14.6 What is a token, and how are tokens used to control network access?
Chapter 15 - Wired LAN Technology (Ethernet and 802.3)
15.2 How is the type field in the Ethernet header used?
15.8 What is an Ethernet hub, and what wiring is used with a hub?
Chapter 16 - Wireless Networking Technologies
16.3 What is the Wi-Fi Alliance?
16.4 Give the numeric prefix IEEE standards use for Wi-Fi networks.
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1. ISSC640 Week 4 Homework Assignment
Instructions: Please answer the following End of Chapter
Exercises from Chapters 13-16 of your text.
Chapter 13 - Local Area Networks: Packets, Frames, and
Topologies
13.1 What is circuit switching, and what are its chief
characteristics?
13.5 What are the characteristics of LANs, MANs, and WANs?
Chapter 14 - The IEEE MAC Sub-Layer
14.1 Explain the three basic approaches used to arbitrate access
to a shared medium.
14.6 What is a token, and how are tokens used to control
network access?
Chapter 15 - Wired LAN Technology (Ethernet and 802.3)
15.2 How is the type field in the Ethernet header used?
15.8 What is an Ethernet hub, and what wiring is used with a
hub?
Chapter 16 - Wireless Networking Technologies
16.3 What is the Wi-Fi Alliance?
16.4 Give the numeric prefix IEEE standards use for Wi-Fi
networks.
