It's been awhile so here is some tech talk haha

I know almost zero people read my blog here but this is not for you it's for me. And to leave some of my own thoughts and knowledge out there to be blasted into the void so to say haha.

So here is some of my class responses I gave regarding ethernet.✌✌




Ethernet's versatility comes from the fact that it is network-layer agnostic.

A variety of competing protocols existed in the 80's and 90's outside of what became TCP/IP, but what makes Ethernet so unique is the fact that the protocol being used does not matter. That is why Ethernet transports frames from one source mac to another destination mac, when it arrives gets stripped of headers and then reapplied until a final destination is reached. The data sent over IP using IP addresses that we all use today are encapsulated into these frames.

A LAN could even be built with just a so-called ethernet network where devices would not have IP addresses, just MAC addresses, but this would be very time-consuming and error-prone. But it is possible

As IP addresses are not hardware components, they are used for Network layer transport using TCP/IP. IP addresses are just arbitrary numbers assigned to MAC addresses for simplicity. ( very short version ) haha

It is usually a router running in AP mode (at least in soho networks) that will allow access to the LAN. A basic WAP ( Wireless Access point) or AP ( Access point), in short, allows both wireless and hardwired connections outside the geographic area of a given LAN.

Generally, you will have a lot more devices nowadays connected via WIFI, so these are essential for wireless LANs. If you only have one or two routers on a LAN, you won't be able to reach all the wireless devices that you intend to connect to if you only have one or two routers.

WIFI frequencies will be available to more devices as a result of this, allowing them to connect to the access point either hardwired to the router or using Wireless Connect to link the devices connected on the access point to the router, allowing them to connect to devices not within the range of the main router.

It is usually a router running in AP mode (at least in soho networks) that will allow access to the LAN. A basic WAP ( Wireless Access point) or AP ( Access point), in short, allows both wireless and hardwired connections outside the geographic area of a given LAN.

Generally, you will have a lot more devices nowadays connected via WIFI, so these are essential for wireless LANs. If you only have one or two routers on a LAN, you won't be able to reach all the wireless devices that you intend to connect to if you only have one or two routers.

WIFI frequencies will be available to more devices as a result of this, allowing them to connect to the access point either hardwired to the router or using Wireless Connect to link the devices connected on the access point to the router, allowing them to connect to devices not within the range of the main router.