For a lot of people, the relationship between WINS and DNS is a bit of a mystery. Firstly, DNS refers to 'Domain Name Server,'WINS refers to 'Windows Internet Name Service' – both are used to resolve names, but in a very different way! How?DNS maps TCP/IP host names to IP addresses and WINS maps NetBIOS host names to IP addresses.

ISMAIL

• Mar 10th, 2007

DNS"Domain naming service" can resolve "NAME to IPADDRESS" and it also known as FQDN(Fully qualified domain name) for Example: - WIPRO.COMWINS"Windows internet naming service" can resolve only NETBIOS name to IPADDRESS only. that means without (.com)

Rao

• Oct 19th, 2006

Not Just that.You may keep any name for DNS resolution like172.22.5.1 myhost172.22.5.1 yourhostThis is a hostfile entry. Now you can resolve both myhost and yourhost to the same iP address. However th...

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smitha

• Aug 1st, 2007

IMAP is a standard protocol for accessing e-mail from a local server. A simpler e-mail protocol is Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), which downloads mail to the computer and does not maintain the mail on...

Kaushal Patel

• Jul 26th, 2006

POP3 is Email clients download your emails onto your computer. Using a specialized email program such as Outlook Express or Apple Mail has the advantage of giving you complete control over your email;...

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Eric Bimpong

• Apr 6th, 2016

Workstation can share peripheral device like printers.

Sam Kolta

• Feb 1st, 2007

LAN Advantages:? Workstations can share peripheral devices like printers. This is cheaper than buying a printer for every workstations. ? Workstations do not necessarily need their own hard disk or C...

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karthick

• Feb 10th, 2007

The Role of Network Administrator are:? Maintain network hardware and software ? Assign network address and routing protocols? Configure routing table , authentication and authorization? Provide support services? Ensure that the network is used efficiently and service-quality objectives are met

Sam Kolta

• Feb 1st, 2007

The Role of Network Administrator are:? Maintain network hardware and software ? Assign network address and routing protocols? Configure routing table , authentication and authorization? Provide support services? Ensure that the network is used efficiently and service-quality objectives are met

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prashantcms

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• Oct 3rd, 2007

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is an older network service (a protocol) that takes computer names as input and returns the numeric IP address of the computer with that name or vice versa. WINS...

prashant gadaria

• Oct 3rd, 2007

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is an older network service (a protocol) that takes computer names as input and returns the numeric IP address of the computer with that name or vice versa. WINS...

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Arun Jat

• Apr 17th, 2016

An electronic multiplexer functions as multiple input, single output switch. A multiplexer has multiple inputs and a selector that connects a specific input to the single output. In telecommunicati...

vaibhav nimbalkar

• Sep 5th, 2007

It selects one of many analog or digital data sources and outputs that source into a single channel. An electronic multiplexer functions as multiple input, single output switch. A multiplexer ha...

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cloggy

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• Mar 17th, 2008

Start>run>"cmd" then ipconfig /all :]

pllaxman

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• Feb 11th, 2008

Hi,To find the IP address of a PC, just follow as stated below...Start--> Run--> type 'cmd' to open the command prompt--> In the command prompt, typec:>cdthan typec:>ipconfig& press enterYour system IP address will be displayed.... Thats it...

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if interface address is 130.237.14.25/23- what is the subnet mask of this network- how many usable IP address in this network- what is the Subnet ID(IP) of this network- what is broadcast IP of this network

saeedkhan

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• Nov 20th, 2009

The Default subnet mask for this Ip address is 255.255.254.254 as this is class B IP address. But the the subnet mask is 255.255.254.128/23.Since,         ...

dilipmohapatra

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• Oct 4th, 2007

Subnet Mask: 255.255.254.0No. of IP addresses assigned in that subnet: 2^9 -2=510Subnet ID: 130.237.14.0/23Broadcast ID: 130.237.15.255

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kripamoy

• Sep 14th, 2012

Subnetting divides one large network into several smaller ones. It adds an intermediate level of hierarchy in IP addressing.

Sandhya.Kishan

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• Apr 19th, 2012

To create or to perform subnet addressing the local address should be divided into a number identifying the physical network and a number identifying the host on the subnet. Then the senders route m...

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Benefits of VPN ? Difference between L2TP and PPTP Protocols

vishnurajr

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• Dec 15th, 2010

A Virtual Private network (VPN) allows the creation of private networks
across the internet, enabling privacy and tunneling of non-TCP/IP protocols.
Three different categories of VPNs:
They are Remote access VPNs, Site -to-site VPNs, Extranet VPNs.
VISHNU RAJ.R

prasanna168

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• Dec 13th, 2007

A Virtual Private Network ( VPN) delivers private network services over a public infrastructure. An IP VPN is a partitioned private network constructed over a shared IP-based backbone that  utili...

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what is difference between TCP protocol& UDP protocol?

rinumca

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• Jun 27th, 2008

TCP stands for Transmission control protocol and it is a connection oriented protocol. The sender will get acknowledged after recieving the packets successively, by the reciever. No other pacets ...

Praveen joy

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• Apr 18th, 2008

The difference between TCP and UDP is connection(TCP) and connectionless(UDP) protocol.Because In TCP for transferring every Packets it needs a acknowledgement packet from reciever ,so if any packet l...

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A person would like to access a file on another computer (connected via LAN) while working with safe mode. What should he do?

jethin

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• Jun 22nd, 2009

In safemode itself he can use telnet to access file on the other system in the same LAN

sashok_001

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• Aug 23rd, 2008

The User has to restart the PC and Getting into the Safe mode with networking

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What is VLAN and INTERVLAN? Why do we use these techniques?What are the differences between STP, RSTP and MSTP?

mllhzaheer

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• Jul 9th, 2009

VLAN are used to segment your network eliminate broadcast it is also used for security purpose.VLAN of sales department cannot access VLAN of finance department.InterVLANs are used to create VLAN to VLANs.

gurbirks

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• Nov 28th, 2008

VLAN(Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical grouping of network users and resources connected to administratively defined ports on a switch. VLAN's break up broadcast domains in layer 2 switch n...

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viraj.tillu

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• Dec 9th, 2008

It is a tool used to check and repair disk related errors like,1. Bad Sector2. Partition Table3. Cross Link File4. Currup File    etc.

manoes

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• Sep 25th, 2008

Scandisk is Windows' general-purpose hard drive diagnostic utility. It will find and fix any data errors present on the drive. A "standard" scan checks for any data errors on the drive. ...

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How do you ping from one host to another in IPv6 without ARP?

pandusiree

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• Mar 16th, 2009

By using the Neighbour Discovery Protocol (NDP)

samthapa

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• Nov 16th, 2008

To ping other computer using ipv6 we use NetBios or host file or DNS

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Which protocol is used to communicate between client and ISP?

tituxjec

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• Mar 12th, 2009

OSPF is used. Because it is considered to be the most efficient IGP(interior gateway protocol). BGP is more widely used as exterior gateway protocol(EGP).

prabhub

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• Jan 13th, 2009

I would assume BGP to communicate with the ISP and IGP to communicate with the hosts internal to the network

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When two network layers are in communication with one another, these layers are known as?a.)PDUsb.)peer entiiesc.)PRAMsd.)sockets

prajakta1510

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• Feb 15th, 2010

B.) Peer Entities

howardthorla

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• Jan 18th, 2010

Peer Entities

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What does negotiation mean when discussing network protocols?

vijaykwt

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• Apr 20th, 2010

The Difference Between Half and Full Duplex."Duplex" simply means you're able to send and receive data (most often the human voice) from the same device whether that be with your phone, 2-wa...

zeeshanexpert

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• Mar 30th, 2010

Negotiation has to do with getting both sides to agree on some parameters or values to be used during the communication. Maximum packet size is one example, but there are many others.

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There are four routhers and 4 swiches and 40 computers in an office. How will you connect each devices and configure those devices?

haisudha123

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• Oct 13th, 2010

This is using different network build purpose, so connect first router to  first switch and connect 10 nodes with first switch, this is one network ex:192.168.1.0 networkand connect second router...

nawin_54

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• May 12th, 2010

Ahmed, based on requirement we connect the networks, you didn't mention the series of switches and routers.

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You are given only the IP address of the switch but not the port number. How will you read that switch?

sonet

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• Aug 4th, 2010

If the switch has an Ip address, you telnet to the switch and provided that there is no password set either at virtual terminals or to enter the privileged mode, you can enter privileged mode and write sh run and read the running config.

sonet

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• Aug 4th, 2010

A switch can have an Ip address for telnetting purpose.So, if you telnet to the switch, and if you have no password on Telnet you can access the switch (provided that there is no privileged mode password set) and then 'Show Run' , you can read the running configuration.

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