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Comp2207 201819 02 Comp2207w1
Comp2207 201819 02 Comp2207w1
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A1 PC1 (192.78.1.3) pings another PC2 (192.168.1.4) on the same LAN, which it
has never connected to before. Explain which network layer finds PC2 and how
it communicates the packet to the correct IP.
[5 marks]
A4 Explain the purpose of the default router that is provided to a machine when it
gets its IP address.
[4 marks]
A6
What is a DMZ and why is it used in networks? You can include a sketch of a typical
network with a DMZ.
[4 marks]
A10 Draw a diagram to illustrate the three-way TCP handshake, labelling the
packets
[5 marks]
B1 (a) Describe the key issues that should be taken into consideration when
placing services on available infrastructure and give an example of one
strategy that may be used to manage services with high demand.
[5 marks]
a b
P1
c
P2
d
P3
e f
(a) Annotate (on the figure above) the six events of send/receive in each process
with vector clock values.
[3 marks]
(c) Name two send events in the diagram that occur in different processes and
are in the happened-before relation.
[1 mark]