Warriors of the Net Worksheet

1. Packet switching is a network communication method where the information that you are sending is broken up into small packets and sent across the net work

2. LAN stands for Local Area Network and it is a network that covers a small area such as a house,

3. The role of the router in getting a packet to its eventual destination is that it is responsible for the actual process of sending the packets and receiving them.

4. The proxy uses a NAT to make all the computers of one LAN to connect to the internet with one IP

5. A firewall is used to keep out unwanted access and monitors all the information that is sent and received.

6. The ping of death is a sent malicious ping that consists of 65535 bytes and usually crashes the computer

7. The firewall will block access from that port until someone says otherwise

8. The information is decoded and put back together

9. Once the information arrives at the place they want it to go they send another packet back saying that the information made it

10. The information will be resent.