Frequently Asked Questions - Networking Concepts

User(s) are complaining of delays when using the network. What would you do?
What are some of the problems associated with operating a switched LAN?
Name some of the ways of combining TCP/IP traffic and SNA traffic over the same link.
What sort of cabling is suitable for Fast Ethernet protocols?
What is a Class D IP address?
Why do I sometimes lose a server's address when using more than one server?
What is Firewall?
How do I monitor the activity of sockets?
How would I put my socket in non-blocking mode?
What are RAW sockets?
What is the role of TCP protocol and IP protocol.
What is UDP?
How can I make my server a daemon?
How should I choose a port number for my server?
Layers in TCP/IP
How can I be sure that a UDP message is received?
How to get IP header of a UDP message
Writing UDP/SOCK_DGRAM applications
How many bytes in an IPX network address?
What is the difference between MUTEX and Semaphore?
What is priority inversion?
Different Solutions to dining philosophers problem.
What is a message queue?
Questions on Shared Memory.
What is DHCP?
Working of ping, telnet, gopher.
Can I connect two computers to internet using same line ?
Why networks are layered ? What is the advantage of that ?
How many layers are there in OSI ? Why is it called OSI model ?
network topologies ?
Which are the different network toplogies ?
an example of bus type network.
What is the Bandwidth of ethernet ?
Explain the advantage and disadvantage of ethernet ?
Which is the protocol used in ethernet. (CSMA/CD) Why is it called so ?
What is the advantage of Ring network ?
Compare it with ethernet