Top 50 networking interview questions

1. Is routing involved in communication between a PC and its gateway . 2. How many gateways can a PC have . 3. What is the use of VLAN. 4. Can Windows XP be configured as a router. 5. Give two examples of protocols which use broadcasting. 6. How do vlans control broadcasting. 7. Why is a router required for communication between vlans. 8. What is the use of a TTL value in a IP header. 9. What is the difference between a default route and a default gateway. 10.Can subnet masks be used in classful addressing protocols. 11.How can internet sharing be setup on a router. 12.If a switch reboots, will the mac-address table on it be retained. 13.Provide one limitation of access control lists. 14.Give one example where STP should be used on a network. 15.Why does Active FTP fail with firewalls. 16.Should the DNS server and default gateway on a PC be the same. 17.Is a gateway required to be configured on a PC to ping the gateway. 18.What is the difference between NAT and proxy server. 19.What is the difference between TCP 3 and 4 way handshake. 20.How does a DHCP client knows about a DHCP server on the network. 21.Name one system which can be used as a DHCP server. 22.Name one security protocol in 802.11medium , which can be used for data encryption. 23.What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS from a TCP perspective. 24.Explain the TCP communication process between an Active FTP server and client. 25.How can vlans on two different switches communicate. 26.Give three reasons as to why you would use Rip v1 over Rip v2. 27.What type of routing can be used to forward packets based on the source ip address. 28.Give one practical example of static nat feature. 27.How many DHCP servers are required for providing dynamic ip addresses to devices on 3 vlans. 28.Explain the end to end communication between a HTTP client and a server on the internet.

29.A computer has two internet connections. How does the computer select the appropirate internet connection for routing the packets. 30.How does a switch populate its mac-address table. 31.How is a broadcast frame handled by the switch. 32.Does a PC have routing table. 33.How does a switch know about the mac-address of a system connected to its port. 34.Do ARP packets on one VLAN reach ports on other VLAN. Explain. 35.Which feature can be used on a router to block packets originating to a Web server on the inside network. 36.What do routers do when they receive an IP packet. 37.Are there IP based broadcasting or only frames which broadcast 38.Does a router have ARP table. 39.Can vlans be configured on an unmanageable switch. 40.Which flags in a TCP header are involved in a TCP 3 way handshake. 41.Can routers understand frames. 42.What is the difference between flooding and broadcasting on a switch. 43.How does a remote server handle data connection on a computer which has two simultaneous connections to the server. 44.What is a socket pair. 45.What happens when you ping a website. 46.Which protocol does ping use at the transport layer. 47.Give one example of a protocol which can be used in lieu of telnet. 48.How does the STP election process work. 49.Which feature can be used to setup redundant internet connections on a Cisco router. 50.What is the difference between a leased line and VPN and which would be preferred. Visit www.tcpipguru.com for more questions and answers