Network hardware
3.4What the syllabus asks of you
- Understand that a computer needs a network interface card (NIC) to access a network
- Understand what is meant by, and the purpose of, a media access control (MAC) address, including its structure
- (a) Understand what is meant by, and the purpose of, an internet protocol (IP) address (b) Understand that there are different types of IP address
- Describe the role of a router in a network
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Chapter 3: Network hardware
Drill this topic
All 7 questions on Network hardware, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
7 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.