What is DHCP? DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Technology.

The basic purpose of the DHCP is to assign the IP addresses and the other network configuration such as DNS !ateway and other network settings to the client computers. DHCP reduces the administrati"e task of manually assigning the IP addresses to the large number of the computers in a network. What is DNS and how it works? DNS stands for Domain name system and it translates #con"erts$ the host name into the IP address and IP address into to the host name. %"ery domain and the computer on the internet is assigned a uni&ue IP address. The communication on the internet and in the network is based on the IP addresses. IP addresses are in this format '(.'.'.'(( ))(.').'.)).* '.'.'.' etc. IP addresses can+t be remembered but the host names are easy to remember instead of their IP addresses. What is a Firewall? ,irewall is a protecti"e boundary for a network and it pre"ents the unauthori-ed access to a network. .ost of the /indows operating system such as /indows 0P Professional has built1in firewall utilities. There are the large number of the third party firewall software and the basic purpose of all the firewall software and hardware is same i.e. to block the unauthori-ed user access to a network. What is WAN? /2N stands for wide area network and it co"ers the broader geographical area. 3asically there are three types of a computer network 42N #4ocal 2rea Network$ .2N #.etropolitan 2rea Network$ and /2N #/ide 2rea Network$. The communication in a /2N is based on the 5outers. 2 /2N network can co"er a city country or continents. Define VOIP Communication echnolo!"

67IP stands for 6oice o"er IP and this technology is used for transmitted the "oice o"er the IP based long distance network to make phone calls. 67IP phone calls are "ery cheap and a large number of the corporate offices and home users are using 67IP technology to make long distance phone calls. What is Wi #a$ echnolo!"?

/i .a8 is a wireless broadband technology and it is a ad"ance shape of the /i ,i #which was a base band technology$. /i .a8 supports data "ideo and audio communication at the same time at a "ery high speed up to 9( .bps. Define Network %atewa" Network !ateway can be software or a hardware. 2 gateway is usually a :oining point in a network i.e. it connects two networks. 2 computer with two 42N cards can act as a gateway.

What is a &outer? 2 router routes the traffic to its destination based on the source and destination IP addresses which are placed in the routing software known as routing table. How Fi'er O(tic Ca'le Works ,iber optics pro"ides the fastest communication medium for data and "oice. Data can tra"el at the speed of light through the fiber optic cables. ISPs and corporate offices are usually connected with each other with the fiber optic cables to pro"ide high speed connecti"ity. What is File Ser)er? 2 file ser"er is a computer in a network that authenticates the user access in a network such as /indows )(((;)((* Ser"ers. Define Se)en *a"ers of OSI #odel There are se"en layers of the 7SI model. The basic purpose of these layers is to understand the communication system and data transmission steps. The se"en layers are 2pplication Presentation Session Transport Network Data 4ink and Physical. <ou can remember the name of these layers by this phrase. =2ll people seems to need data processing>. Define %S# echnolo!"

!S. is a short range wireless technology and is usually used in the mobile phones hand help de"ices .P* players 4aptops computers and in cars.