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b) Hub
e) Router
c) Bridge
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Assignment: 3
1. What is the number of bits in an IPv4 address and IPv6 address?
2. What is dotted decimal notation in IPv4 addressing? What is the
number of bytes in an IPv4 address represented in dotted decimal
notation? What is hexadecimal notation in IPv6 addressing? What is
the number of digits in an IPv6 address represented in hexadecimal
notation?
3. What are the differences between classful addressing and classless
addressing in IPv4?
4. List the classes in classful addressing and define the application of
each class (unicast, multicast, broadcast, or reserve).
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b. 129.14.6.8
c. 208.34.54.12
15. Change the following IP addresses from binary notation to dotteddecimal notation.
a. 01111111.11110000.01100111.01111101
b. 10101111.11000000.11111000.00011101
c. 11011111.10110000.00011111.01011101
d. 11101111.11110111.11000111.00011101
16. Find the class of the following IP addresses.
a. 208.34.54.12
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b. 238.34.2.1
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c. 114.34.2.8
d. 129.14.6.8
b. 132.56.8.6
c. 208.34.54.12
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b. 255.0.0.0
c. 255.255.224.0
d. 255.255.240.0
b. 200.17.21.128/27
c. 17.34.16.0/23
d. 180.34.64.64/30
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Design the subblocks and give the slash notation for each subblock.
Find out how many addresses are still available after these
allocations.
Assignment: 4
1. What is the difference between the delivery of a frame in the data
link layer and the delivery of a packet in the network layer?
2. Which type of service is provided by IPv4? Which type of service is
provided by IPv6?
3. Define fragmentation and explain why the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
need to fragment some packets. Is there any difference between the
two protocols in this matter?
4. Explain the procedure for checksum calculation and verification in
the IPv4 protocol.
5. What part of an IPv4 packet is covered in the checksum calculation?
Why? Are options, if present, included in the calculation?
6. Explain the need for options in IPv4 and list the options mentioned
in this chapter with a brief description of each.
7. Compare and contrast the fields in the main headers of IPv4 and
IPv6. Make a table that shows the presence or absence of each field.
8. Both IPv4 and IPv6 assume that packets may have different
priorities or precedences. Explain how each protocol handles this
issue.
9. Compare and contrast the options in IPv4 and the extension headers
in IPv6. Make a table that shows the presence or absence of each.
10. Explain the reason for the elimination of the checksum in the IPv6
header.
11. List three transition strategies to move from IPv4 to IPv6. Explain
the difference between tunneling and dual stack strategies during the
transition period. When is each strategy used?
12. Describe the need for switching and define a switch.
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13. List the three traditional switching methods. What are the most
common today?
14. What are the two approaches to packet-switching?
15. Compare and contrast a circuit-switched network and a packetswitched network.
16. What is the role of the address field in a packet traveling through a
datagram network?
17. What is the role of the address field in a packet traveling through a
virtual-circuit network?
18. List four major components of a packet switch and their functions.
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