Sunday, November 11, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions - Networking

Frequently Asked Questions - Networking

  • What are some of the problems associated with operating a switched LAN?
  • What sort of cabling is suitable for Fast Ethernet protocols?
  • Why do I sometimes lose a server's address when using more than one server?
  • How do I monitor the activity of sockets?
  • What are RAW sockets?
  • What is UDP?
  • How should I choose a port number for my server?
  • How can I be sure that a UDP message is received?
  • Writing UDP/SOCK_DGRAM applications
  • What is the difference between MUTEX and Semaphore?
  • Different Solutions to dining philosophers problem.
  • Questions on Shared Memory.
  • Working of ping, telnet, gopher.
  • Why networks are layered ? What is the advantage of that ?
  • network topologies ?
  • an example of bus type network.
  • Explain the advantage and disadvantage of ethernet ?
  • What is the advantage of Ring network ?