Assignment

1. In a short one half page essay, briefly describe TCP/IP. What is it? When was it introduced? Why is it called a suite? What is a Request for Comment (RFC)?

2. Create a table showing the five standards organizations involved with TCP/IP.

Include in the table: Name Brief History Responsibilities Website URL

3. Briefly define TCP/IP protocol services, daemons, protocol numbers, port numbers, and sockets. Explain the use of these for multiple applications.

4. In a short half page essay briefly compare the seven layers of the OSI Model to the four layers of TCP/IP. Include a simple graphic/table of the two models and show at least two protocols in each of the four layers of the TCP/IP networking model.

5. Many networks use IPv4 private IP addresses with NAT (Network Address Translation) for host addressing. Subnet the private IP address of 192.168.1.0 into four subnetworks using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.192. Show the subnetwork addresses, the host address range for each subnetwork and the broadcast address. How many host addresses would be available on each subnetwork?

6. In a one page essay describe the differences between IPv4 addressing and IPv6 addressing including the structure, format, subnets, and address types. Explain how 128-bit IPv6 addresses are represented. Describe how to write IPv6 addresses and the procedure for zero removal.