networking questions

Question 1

describe the function of the default gateway

Answer 1

it provides the route for destinations outside the local network

Question 2

what is a mtu

Answer 2

maximum transmission unit - it is the max size of data you can send through a network

Question 3

what is the max size an ip packet can be

Answer 3

1500 bytes

Question 4

what does mac stand for

Answer 4

media access control

Question 5

what is the ipv4 loop back addess

Answer 5

127.0.0.1

Question 6

what is cloud bursting

Answer 6

off loading traffic to resources from a cloud provider if your own servers are eto busy

Question 7

what is the ipv6 loop back address

Answer 7

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 or ::1