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The document discusses technical interview questions and answers related to networking concepts. It includes 20 questions and answers that cover topics such as DNS, networks, bandwidth, network reliability, links, nodes, gateways/routers, private and public IP addresses, virtual paths/channels, OSI reference model, routable/non-routable protocols, and MAUs. Some key points addressed are that DNS is the naming system for resources on the internet, a network consists of devices connected by physical links, bandwidth refers to the range of frequencies a signal can carry, and factors that determine network reliability include downtime and failure frequency.

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Technical Interview Questions and Answers

The document discusses technical interview questions and answers related to networking concepts. It includes 20 questions and answers that cover topics such as DNS, networks, bandwidth, network reliability, links, nodes, gateways/routers, private and public IP addresses, virtual paths/channels, OSI reference model, routable/non-routable protocols, and MAUs. Some key points addressed are that DNS is the naming system for resources on the internet, a network consists of devices connected by physical links, bandwidth refers to the range of frequencies a signal can carry, and factors that determine network reliability include downtime and failure frequency.

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Technical Interview Questions and Answers

1. Explain about DNS?

DNS - Domain Name System. DNS is the Naming System for the resources over
Internet; includes Physical nodes and Applications. DNS –It is the easy way to locate to a
resource easily over a network and serves to be an essential component necessary for
the working of Internet.

2. What is a Network?

A network means a set of devices that connected by physical media links. A network is
recursively a connection of more than two nodes by a physical link or two or more
networks connected by one or more nodes.

3. What is Bandwidth?

Each and Every Signal often has a limit of an upper range and lower range of frequency
of signal it can carry. So this range of limit of network between its upper frequency and
lower frequency is termed as Bandwidth.

4. List the criteria to check the network reliability?

A network Reliability is measured by the following factors.

1. a) Downtime is the time it takes to recover.


2. b) Failure Frequency is the frequency when it fails to work the way it is intended.
3. Define a Link?

At the basic level, a network includes two or more computers directly connected by some
physical medium such as co-axial cable or optical fiber. And that physical medium is
called a Link.

6. What is the DNS forwarder?

DNS servers usually communicate with outside DNS servers of the local network. A
forwarder is an entry that is used when a DNS server receives DNS queries that it can’t
resolve locally. And then it forwards those requests to external DNS servers for
resolution

7. Define node?

A network consists of two or more computers which will be directly connected by some
physical medium such as coaxial cable or optical fibre. And that physical medium is
called as Links and the computer it connects is termed as Nodes.

8. What is a gateway or Router?

A router or gateway is a node that is connected to two or more networks. In general, it


forwards message from one network to another.

9. What is point-point link?

If the physical links are limited to a pair of nodes then it is said to be point-point link.
10. What is DHCP scope?

A scope is a range, or pool of IP addresses that can be leased to DHCP clients on a given
subnet.

11. What is FQDN?

An FQDN - fully qualified domain name contains both the hostname and a domain name.
FQDN is uniquely identifies a host within a DNS hierarchy.

12. What is MAC address? Does it have some link or something in common to
Mac OS of Apple?

MAC - Media Access Control. MAC is the address of the device identified at Media Access
Control Layer of Network Architecture. Similar to IP address MAC address is unique
address, i.e., no two devices can have same MAC address. MAC address is stored at the
ROM Read Only Memory of the device.
MAC Address and Mac OS are two different things and it should not be confused with
each other. Mac OS is a POSIX standard Operating System Developed upon FreeBSD
used by Apple devices.
13. What is IP?
IP is a unique 32 bits software address of a node in a network.
14. What is private IP?
Three ranges of IP addresses have been reserved for private address and they are not
valid for use on the Internet. If you want to access internet with these address you must
have to use proxy server or NAT server (on normal cases the role of proxy server is
played by your ISP.).If you do decide to implement a private IP address range, you can
use IP addresses from any of the following classes:
Class A: 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255
Class B: 172.16.0.0 172.31.255.255
Class C: 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255

15. What is public IP address?

A public IP address is an address leased from an ISP that allows or enables direct
Internet communication.

16. What is virtual path?

Along any transmission path from a given source to a given destination, a group of
virtual circuits can be grouped together into what is called path.
17. What is virtual channel?
Virtual channel is normally a connection from one source to one destination, although
multicast connections are also permitted. The other name for virtual channel is virtual
circuit.

18. What are the benefits of OSI Reference Model?

It provides a framework for discussing network operations and design.

19. What is the difference between routable and non- routable protocols?
Routable protocols can work with a router and can be used to build large networks. Non-
Routable protocols are also there which is designed to work on small, local networks and
cannot be used with a router

20. What is MAU?

In token Ring, hub is called Multi station Access Unit (MAU).

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