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What is a dns ? How it works ?

Asked By: Amol | Asked On: Mar 24th, 2006

Answered by: Rahul on: May 11th, 2013

DNS means DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM,IT,works for converting name to IP address,and IP address to name,Conversion needs for user friendliness because user is difficult to keep in mind IP address of web sit...

Answered by: rethu on: Apr 2nd, 2013

DNS stands for Domain Name System (or Service or Server). DNS maintains a relationship between IP addresses and domain names. Computers use the DNS system to electronically transmit data with other c...

How is EIgrp better than ospf?

Asked By: Sunit Agarwal | Asked On: Jul 5th, 2007

EIgrp is better than osPF

Answered by: Rahul on: May 11th, 2013

Eigrp creating secondary path or route for backup,convergent is fast.

Answered by: amol madhav rohokale on: Apr 20th, 2013

YES

What is difference between layer 2 switch and layer 3 switch ?

Asked By: Dheeraj Choudhary | Asked On: Mar 13th, 2006

Answered by: kamal on: May 1st, 2013

L2 switch is not manageable but l3 switch is manageable

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 14th, 2013

Layer Two switch means, it communicates between Layer1 and Layer2,
Layer Three means, Router, it communicates between Layer 1, Layer2, Layer3, Manageble Switch

If in a company with 80 computers with wireless network .All are using wireless internet.What is bandwidth per user?

Asked By: vijendra singh | Asked On: May 10th, 2006

Answered by: Rahul on: Apr 9th, 2013

We cant calculate the bandwidth,of each PC,because ,if your lease line 100 mbps,depend communication is synchronous or asynchronous,depends on trafic,may be collision occurs,its totally depends on sp...

Answered by: Niranjan on: Oct 17th, 2006

Firstly, the type of wireless network is not mentioned clearly. Still I have some observations as per experience.Case:1The bandwidth per user in a 80 computers in a wireless network depends on the con...

What are the network monitoring tools? Like what tools do you use to monitor network connections?

Asked By: Ambi | Asked On: Oct 2nd, 2006

Answered by: Rahul Bhagare on: Apr 9th, 2013

Network Monitoring tools means, If your organization havinG Lease line like TaTa,Reliance etc,You prepared maintenance or monitor your lease line network through tools,

Network Monitoring tools E.G Whats UP Gold etc or Found on Internet.

Answered by: fatuchi on: Nov 22nd, 2007

Network monitoring tools are different from network tools like ping, tracert  etc.Network monitoring tools are usually software we need to install and setup in our workstation or server to monitor th...

If printing is given print from two different computers in a network which one will be preferrenced first. Pcs are in domain first.

Asked By: sonimanish78 | Asked On: Jul 14th, 2007

Answered by: Rahul on: Apr 9th, 2013

Depends on Priority given to the user or workstation,or not the priority assign then which workstation get media
free or which will hit the print first

Answered by: hina ellahi on: Jan 29th, 2008

on the basis of FIRST COME FIRST SERVER printer will fullfill the need of that user whose's command comes first
 

What is difference between public ip and priVATe ip?

Asked By: Goldie | Asked On: Sep 12th, 2006

Answered by: world on: Apr 4th, 2013

An IP address is an Internet Protocol address. It is used to identify all the websites on the internet. Each IP address is unique and it is separated by periods. For example : 124.2.3.5 . There are tw...

Answered by: RamyaV.V(Jain College)Computer science lecture on: Mar 28th, 2013

I will give one example of public ID and private ID in internet communication,

Public ID means all web servers like gmail.com, rediffmail.com. hotmail.com etc.

Private ID means all company's mail address like ibm.com, hp.com etc.

What is dhcp server?

Asked By: Rohit | Asked On: Aug 28th, 2007

Answered by: Rahul on: Apr 1st, 2013

DHCP server,is DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL, IN Dhcp server,we assign the Specific range,IP on address in Dhcp server,which work on DORA,process, D-discover O-offer R-RecIved A-Assign. means ...

Answered by: vinitogupta on: Mar 25th, 2009

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration information such a...

Encoding and modulation

Asked By: Mudasir | Asked On: Mar 10th, 2009

What are data encoding and modulation? How do they differ from one another?

Answered by: Rahul on: Apr 1st, 2013

Encoding means we hide the true identity,those identity is show by decoding,

Modulation means convention,signal changed, analog to digital,digital to analog.

Network delay

Asked By: preetibulbul | Asked On: Dec 29th, 2007

User(s) are complaining of delays when using the network. What would you do?

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 30th, 2013

Virus Issue, Scan the Workstation by using antivirus,delete the Temporary file, cookies, History, Clear Cache,
On browser, Run less, Website.
Check the Patch code, crimping, I/o port crimping.

Answered by: vinitogupta on: Mar 25th, 2009

Check the network connectivity, check the traffic, check server from which user's workstation is requesting data

In tcp/ip udp is connection less , why?

Asked By: raju mahana | Asked On: Sep 30th, 2006

Answered by: Kiran on: Mar 29th, 2013

UDP is connectionless because it does not initiate with a three-way handshake. It is least concerned about whether destination received data or not.

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 14th, 2013

In Transport Layer,
Two Way Communication,
Connection Oriented.
Connectionless
Connectionless is Used For Small Distance,
It is not reliable for big betwork, No Ack Received, No security

Ip addresses

Asked By: sandeeprana23 | Asked On: Dec 16th, 2008

How many ip addresses we can give to a system that having windows XP professional ? And why ?

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 30th, 2013

We assign two IP address in the Network for any Workstation.
For security, means to true Identity/

Answered by: vinitogupta on: Mar 25th, 2009

You can assign as many as IP Address to XP machine as much as NIC you have installed in your machine.

you can also team the NIC and assign single IP address to configure network traffice balancing for that particular machine's incoming or outgoing traffic requests.

Ip address over mac address

Asked By: shabo | Asked On: Jan 26th, 2009

Why we need ip address over mac address?

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 30th, 2013

IP address 8 Bit address is divided into Network and Host,it is used to communicate into Network.
MAC address is 48 bit address and it, is a Unique address, Just like two ethernet card not having same MAC address, is not used in Network,only Physical Layer is used by this address.

Answered by: kumar.sikar on: May 5th, 2009

IP Address is the Address of a network which is given By network InfraStructure but MAC Address is already give on LAN Card Chip and it is not changable.

Classless routing

Asked By: rameshrgen | Asked On: Jun 28th, 2009

Which routing protocol will used for classless routing?

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 30th, 2013

RIP (Routing Internet Protocol) is used for Classless routing.

Answered by: contactorazi on: Jul 14th, 2009

Classless routing is the type of routing in which we can forward the subnetted networks.The different types of routing protocols that support classless routing are 1)OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)2)I...

What is split horizon rule?

Asked By: imtiazgi | Asked On: Mar 22nd, 2011

Answered by: Kiran Sadasivan on: Mar 29th, 2013

Its loop prevention mechanism in distance vector routing protocols.

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 18th, 2013

Split Horizon,it is a ,away or method to avoid the Routing Loop,It generally happens in LINK State Routing Protocol, means Router Send the update or any information to another Router those receiving router does not send the
information back to sender router

What do you check first when your network connection is not working? bios o/p devices i/p devices

Asked By: pummy | Asked On: Jul 16th, 2007

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 28th, 2013

Check the Driver of Ethernet card,
Check the Patch Code,
Check the Connection from I/O Port to LAN Port of Laptop,
Check the TCP/IP Configuration,
Repair the TCP/IP,
Check the I/O port,
Check the Pairing Of Patch code,
Check the Connectivity From Switch to I/O Port,
In Extreme Case check the Router.

Answered by: rinku_prd on: May 19th, 2010

If all went well, you should get output resembling the following: ... From here you can treat the ndis0 device like any other network interface (e.g., dc0). .... sure the device is not conflicti...

What is trojan horse? How to save a system from that?

Asked By: sheik Mytheen | Asked On: Feb 6th, 2006

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 20th, 2013

Trojan Horse is Virus or worms,
You need Antivirus in your System,
You need Anti-Malware in your System,
Need Browsing safely,
Need Safe Browser In your Workstation,
Make FIREWALL Always ON.

Answered by: ravinbab on: May 5th, 2010

The Trojan is not actually a virus it is a powerful hacking tool used to get the full control of any system without any intimation.

Access a file on another computer

Asked By: rajeev.k.nanda | Asked On: Aug 25th, 2008

A person would like to access a file on another computer (connected via lan) while working with safe mode. What should he do?

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 20th, 2013

Shared those file, Configured the permission Shared level, Group Permission, If Your Workstation having in a Domain,
Configured the Permission by the Manner.
Then called that Workstation by IP,
Enter the User ID and password.

Answered by: vinitogupta on: Mar 25th, 2009

A person can access a file on another computer in safe mode if a person is using safe mode with networking, if a person is only using safe mode then network drivers wont be enable due to which a perso...

What is the difference between networking and remote networking

Asked By: sheriff .T | Asked On: May 22nd, 2007

Definition of networking and remote networking; detailed answer

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 20th, 2013

Networking is joining of two or more computer or networking devices through wire or wireless network, in order to shared resources like software and hardware, Remote networking is means we solved the...

Answered by: shiva6950 on: Jun 19th, 2010

Networking:  network is group of devices.like hosts,routers,switches,hubs etc used to communicate each others. and share the information .remotenetwork:Is a collection or group of ...

Network layer

Asked By: Mosupi | Asked On: Sep 30th, 2009

Is the network layer address important to a transparent learning bridge? Why or why not?

Answered by: Rahul on: Mar 20th, 2013

Network Layer is Third layer of OSI Modal, it Performs two main functions - Routing, Logical Addressing
Routing is Selection of best available path in the network.

Answered by: delbhoi on: May 25th, 2010

No because in layer 2 switching it is the MAC address of the sending device that is used to determine  the destination of the frame being switched.

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