IT & Technology

IT & Technology Questions: 1. How does a layer-2 switch differ from a router? 2. How does a layer- switch differ from a VLAN? 3. How does a router differ from a VLAN? 4. Under what circumstances would you use a switched backbone? 5. Under what circumstances would you use a routed backbone? 6. Under what circumstances would you use a VLAN backbone? 7. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how routed backbones work? 8. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how switched backbones work. 9. What are the key advantages and disadvantages of routed and switched backbones? 10. Compare and contrast rack-based and chassis-based switched backbones. 11. What is a module and why are modules important? 12. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how sin" rel="nofollow">ingle-switch VLAN’s work. 13. Explain" rel="nofollow">in how multi switch VLAN”S work. 14. What is IEEE 802.1q? 15. What are the advantages and disadvantages of VLANs? 16. How can you improve the performance of a BN? 17. Why are broadcast message important? 18. What are the preferred architectures use in" rel="nofollow">in each part of the backbone? 19. Some experts are predictin" rel="nofollow">ing that Ethernet will move in" rel="nofollow">into the WAN. What do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink?