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Table of Contents:
Definition and Overview
1. Market Drivers
2. Wired Home-Networking Technologies
3. Wireless Home-Networking Technologies
4. The Future
5. Home-Networking Standards and Specifications
Self-Test
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Self-Test
1. What are the forces driving the growth of home networking?
a. the growth of second telephone lines in homes
b. the need for modems to access the Internet
c. the explosive growth of the Internet
d. the growth of PCs
e. all of the above
2. Which of the following represent the key functions of the combined elements in a typical home network?
a. processing
b. managing
c. transporting
d. storing
e. all of the above
3. What is the key to home networking success in the mass marketplace?
a. packaging and point of service (POS) promotions
b. style of equipment and color
c. no wires and no wired jacks
d. simplicity and reliability
4. Which of the following does not fit the definition of a wired home-network transport element?
a. coaxial cable system
b. twisted-pair category 3- and 5-based systems
c. AC powerline-based system
d. RF transmission-based system
5. Which wireless home-networking systems are most effective?
a. wireless and wired systems
b. voice- and data-integrated home networks
c. PC–centric wireless LAN networks
d. voice-based networks
6. Which of the following statements best describe the development of home networking standards?
a. There are no common standards. Several interest groups are publishing de-facto standards to meet their own self-interests.
b. The IEEE 802.11 standard provides a common and well-accepted standard around which all manufacturers develop.
c. If a standard is published and several manufacturers produce accordingly, then all devices will interoperate.
d. Home-networking standards are well developed and accepted.
7. Wired home-networking transport elements are flexible for users and, for developers, inexpensive and easy to implement.
a. true
b. false
8. Most home-based coaxial cable systems in the installed base are bidirectional transport systems.
a. true
b. false
9. What is the function of the network controller discussed in this tutorial?
a. the network server for multiple PCs
b. a digital switch for voice traffic to PSTN
c. a digital switch for voice traffic internal to the home
d. a gateway to the Internet for all PCs in the home
e. a multiline gateway for all incoming enhanced voice services
f. all of the above
10. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Significant progress is being made to turn twisted pair into a robust home-networking transport element.
b. Wired systems require a substantial amount of preplanning for a home network.
c. To be truly wired, you must be wireless.
d. AC powerline systems are widely used for voice and data communications.
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