Network+

Cheat Sheet N10005

Ethernet
Standard
10Base-T

Maximum
Transmission
Speed (Mbps)
10

Maximum
Distance per
Segment (m)
100

Routing protocol
RIP
RIPv2
BGP
OSPF
IS-IS
EIGRP

Physical Media

Frequency
range (GHz)

Theoretical
maximum

Approximate
effective

Location
Interior
Interior
Exterior
Interior / Exterior
Interior
Interior / Exterior

Binary Conversion:

Cat 3 or better
UTP
100Base-TX
100
100
Cat 5 or better
UTP
1000Base-T
1000
100
Cat5e or better
UTP preferred
(Cat 5 OK)
10Gbase-T
10,000
100
Cat 6 or Cat 7
(preferred)
100Base-FX
100
2000
Multimode
Fiber
1000Base-SX
1000
Up to 500*
Multimode
Fiber
1000Base-LX
1000
Up to 5000*
Single-mode or
Up to 550*
Multimode
fiber
10GBase-SR
10,000
Up to 300*
Multimode
10GBase-SW
fiber
10GBase-LR
10,000
10,000
Single-mode
10GBase-LW
fiber
10GBase-ER
10,000
40,000
Single-mode
10GBase-EW
fiber
*depends on signaling wavelength and fiber core diameter
Wireless
LAN

Type
Distancevector
Distancevector
Distancevector
Link-state
Link-state
Hybrid

Bit position:
Exponential:
Value if 1:

7
6
27
26
128 64

5
25
32

4
24
16

3
23
8

2
22
4

1
21
2

0
20
1

Examples:
00000111 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 2 + 1, or 7
01011010 = 0 + 64 + 0 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0, or 90
11111111 = 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1, or 255

Wireless
Wan
Technolog
y
3G
HSPA+

(N/A)
WiMAx
(802.16e)
4G
Average
WiMAX 2
geographic

Voice
Switching

Data
Switching

Circuit

Packet

Packet

Packet

Packet

Packet

Maximum
Theoretic
al
Downlink
Throughp
ut (Mbps)
84 (with
promises
of 336)
70

120 (with
promises

Maximum
Theoretical
Uplink
Throughput
(Mbps)
11

70

60

Standard
802.11b
802.11a
802.11g
802.11n

2.4
5
2.4
2.4 or 5

IPv4
Network
Class

Beginning
Octet

A
B

-126
128-191

192-223

throughput
(Mbps)
11
54
54
65 to 600

Default
Subnet
Mask
255.0.0.0
255.255.0.
0
255.255.25
5.0

throughput
(Mbps)
5
11-18
20-25
65-600

Number of
Networks

16,777,214
65,534

>2,000,000

254

127.0.0.1
10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255
169.254.1.0 through 169.254.254.255
Addresses whose host information = 255 (for example,
199.34.85.255)
Addresses whose host information = 0 (for example,
199.34.89.0)

6. Presentation

Maximum Hosts per

Network

126
>16,000

IPv4 Special Address(es)

OSI Model
Layers
7. Application

(802.16m
range (m)
)
100
20
4G - LTE
100
Up to 400 if
MIMO used

Function
Provides interface between software
applications and network for
interpreting application requests and
requirements
Allows hosts and applications to use a
common language; performs data
formatting, encryption, and

Function
Loopback
Private
Private
Private
Link local
Broadcast
Network ID

Hardware
Gateways, Proxy
servers, Application
switches, Content
filtering
firewalls

Packet

Packet

IPv6 address format:

Bits: 0
128
|
|
Prefix

of 1000
for fixed
clients)
1000

500

64
|
Interface ID

Example:
2608:FE10:1:A:
002:50FF:FE2B:E708
IPv6 Special Address(es)
::1
Addresses beginning with
FC00:
Addresses beginning with
FE80:
Addresses beginning with
FEC0:
Addresses beginning with
FF0x:, where x corresponds to
a group scope ID
Protocols and Standards
DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP,
HTTPS, IMAP, PING,
POP3, NSLOOKUP, NTP,
RTP, SFTP, SIP, SMTP,
SNMP, Telnet, TFTP

Function
Lookback
Private
Link-local
unicast
Site-local
unicast
Multicast

TCP/IP Model
Application

5. Session
4. Transport

3. Network

2. Data Link
1. Physical

compression
Establishes, maintains, and terminates
user connections
Ensures accurate delivery of data
through flow control, segmentation and
reassembly, error correction, and
acknowledgment
Establishes network connections;
translates network addresses into their
physical counterparts and determines
routing
Packages data in frames appropriate to
network transmission method
Manages signaling to and from physical
network connections

Routers,
Layer 3
Switches
Firewalls
Bridges,
Switches
Hubs,
Repeate
rs

TCP, UDP

Transport

ARP, ICMP, IGMP, IP,

IPSec

Internet

L2TP, PPP, PPTP, SLIP

Network Interface

Includes
NICs

802.3 (Ethernet)
802.11 (Wi-Fi)
802.16 (WiMAX)