How Ethernet works - Nir Abulaffo

Abstract

• What is an ip packet ? and what is not (e.g. ARP).
• Difference between tcp and udp. What is icmp,igmp.
• Terms like MTU,TTL.
• Examples of many different problems with actual examples from
a working environment such as a university campus.
• What happens if MTU is wrong.
• How does traceroute work.
• What is a SYN attack.
• What is the difference between a switch and a router.
• What is the routing table in a computer, (a host) and what is the routing table in a router. and a few words about routing protocols.

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