Networking

Networking Services and Ports

There are two general types of network services, which are connection less and connection oriented. Connection oriented service performs connection establishment, data transfer, and connection termination. Ping The “ping” program uses ICMP echo message requests and listens for ICMP echo message reply messages from its intended host. Using the -R option with ping enables the […]

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used as the transport protocol for network management. Network management consists of network management stations communicating with network elements such as hosts, routers, servers, or printers. The agent is the software on the network element (host, router, printer) that runs the network management software. Therefore when the word agent […]

Full Form of Networking Terms (Short Descriptions)

·       AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port. This bus is developed for fast video cards. It is currently up to 4X mode speed. ·       API – Application Programming Interface. ·       ARCnet – Attached Resource Computer Network is an architecture using star and bus topology. ·       ARP – Address resolution Protocol is used to resolve the hardware […]

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