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You are using DNS only for name resolution. If the primary server is not responding (down), which "condition" (nsswitch.conf) does this situation fall in?

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List 2 available "actions" that can be specified in the nsswitch.conf file .

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Which command will take your machine back to a "blank" state? It will not know its own name/IP or any other machines in the network ?

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The cold start file is consulted if :

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What file identifies the name server (for information requests) if cold start file is to be consulted during the boot process .

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Where does sys_unconfig reside ?

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Your have a class C network. The IP addresses of your workstations start with 128.251.143 . What is the network address of your network ?

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Your have a class C network. The IP addresses of your workstations start with 128.251.143 . What is the broadcast address of your network?

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Host C mounts /usr/local from host B. Host C shares out /usr to few machines. Can host C share out /usr/local to these machines, as well?

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A server has already shared out /usr/local. Can it also share out /usr to other machines?

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True/False: nfsd and mountd are both RPC-based.

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What does the share command do without any arguments ?

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2 command you can use to see which directories have been shared out by server machine1?

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What will the command "showmount -e" do?

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What will the command "dfshares" will do without any arguments?

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Un-Answered Questions { Networking }

If you need to encrypt and compress data for transmission, how would you achieve it?

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Differentiate between Optical fibre and twisted pair

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Does ip protect data on the network?

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What is passive topology

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What is use of region in CUCM?

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Does ip address change with location?

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What are the protocols used in Transport layer?

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How kernal work in operating system?

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What are TCP/IP protocols?

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How are semaphores used?

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Define multicast routing?

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Why does ATM use the cell of small and fixed length ?

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1.Explain the main purpose of IP address? 2.List two purposes for a web browser? 3.Explain an advantage and a disadvantage of multiple search engines? 4.Describe two roles of Internet Services Providers (ISPs)?

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Explain how can we measure the performance of an ip link?

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Give the equivalent binary word for the polynomial x8+x2+x+1.

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