Tag: computer networks

core router: A router that is forwarding traffic within the core of the Internet. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration...

The Internetworking Protocol layer extends our network from a single hop (Link layer) to a series of hops that result...

If you wanted to connect the network for a new organization to the Internet you would need to contact an Internet...

If you know how to find the IP address on your laptop, you can do a little experiment and look at the different IP...

Increasingly, computers are portable or mobile. We just pointed out how important it was for the IP layer to track...

There is no place in the Internet that knows in advance the route your packets will take from your computer to a...

In the previous section where we talked about Link layer addresses, we said that link addresses were assigned when the...

Now that we can move data across a single link, it’s time to figure out how to move it across the country or around...

Sometimes the network has problems and a router must find a way to route data around the problems. A common problem is...

You can take this quiz online at http://www.net-intro.com/quiz/4.10 What is the goal of the Internetworking layer?...