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  1. What is the purpose of NAT?

    Answer: Translate private IPs to public IPs

    NAT translates private IP addresses to public ones, allowing multiple internal devices to share limited public addresses.

  2. Which IEEE standard defines Wi-Fi specifications?

    Answer: 802.11

    IEEE 802.11 is the family of standards defining wireless LAN communications.

  3. What is the function of ICMP?

    Answer: Provide error reporting and diagnostic messaging

    ICMP is used for error reporting and diagnostics like ping and traceroute.

  4. Which spanning tree variant provides faster convergence than original STP?

    Answer: RSTP (802.1w)

    RSTP improves convergence from 30-50 seconds in STP to under 6 seconds.

  5. What is the subnet mask for a /26 CIDR prefix?

    Answer: 255.255.255.192

    A /26 prefix has 26 network bits, giving subnet mask 255.255.255.192.

  6. Which protocol dynamically shares VLAN information between switches?

    Answer: VTP

    VTP allows switches to propagate VLAN configurations across a Layer 2 network.