Networking interview questions – page 8

When you look at a Cisco switch like Cisco 2950, why are the ports labeled with an 'X' behind the number? Like 1x, 2x...23x, 24x, and what does it mean when there is no 'X'?

What is the Bandwidth of ethernet ?

What is packet filter?

What is the difference between TFTP and FTP application layer protocols?

Explain 5-4-3 rule?

What are the different type of networking or internetworking devices?

wht is DSL?

What is the difference between HTTP and TCP/IP protocal?

Where can we see the OS in the system?

whtch file system support the tcp/ip , http protocal and ftp protocal?

What is Semaphore? What is deadlock?

What is disk interleaving? why is disk interleaving adopted?

What is lock granularity?

How to communicate between difference process?

What is a router? What is a gateway?

What is data link layer in the OSI reference model responsible for?

How do cryptography-based keys ensure the validity of data transferred across the network?

What is UTP?

What is the difference between forward lookup and reverse lookup in DNS?

What are the networking protocol options for the Windows clients if for some reason you do not want to use TCP or IP?

What are the ways to troubleshoot the network, techniques, commands?

What are the different ways to acheive the network security?

What is firewall? How it differs from ACLS?

What are some of the basic steps taken while troubleshooting blue screen errors in win xp?

How would you troubleshoot a situation where there is no display on a monitor?

What problems with the network you had had and how you solved it?

How would you find what ports are open on a machine (local and remote)?

How would you capture network traffic?

How is Ntework Testing carried out?

What's a switch?