Packet 2: Bonus 3
Answer the following about connecting a computer to the University of Maryland’s Wi-Fi, for 10 points each.
[10m] To assign IP addresses, the university’s Wi-Fi system uses DHCP, which is based on this network protocol. This connectionless protocol does not confirm reception of transmitted data.
ANSWER: UDP [or User Datagram Protocol]
[10e] DHCP is used on a network architecture named for servers and these systems. While browsing the internet, code executed on the computer rather than a server is said to occur on these systems’ “side.”
ANSWER: clients [accept client-side]
[10h] The “discovery” message that begins DHCP does this action, which has a MAC address of 12 F’s. Domains named for this action on the data link layer may contain one or more collision domains.
ANSWER: broadcasting [accept broadcast domains]
<NYU B, Other Science> | I2. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western + Cornell (Tiebreaker Half 2)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |