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Networking Interview Questions Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Socket

Server
Client
Open
Open
Bind
Listen
Connect
Accept
Send/Recv
Send/Recv

ARP

Maps an IP address to a MAC address.
Sender broadcasts an ARP request with the IP address to be mapped.
Owner of the IP address replies with its MAC address.

TCP

Client
Server
SYN ->
 
<- SYN,ACK
ACK ->

802.11 Frame Types

Associ­ation
Management
Authen­tic­ation
Management
Probe
Management
Beacon
Management
RTS
Control
CTS
Control
ACK
Control
Data
Data

802.11 Client Associ­ation

Client
 
AP
Probe Request
----->
 
<-----
Probe Response
Auth Request
----->
 
<-----
Auth Response
Assoc Request
----->
 
<-----
Assoc Response
 

OSI Layers

Applic­ation
End User
HTTP, FTP, SSH, DNS
7
Presen­tation
Encryp­tion, Compre­ssion
SSL, TSL, MPEG
6
Session
Authen­tic­ation, Permis­sions
API's, Sockets
5
Transport
Segment
TCP, UDP
4
Network
Packets
IP, ICMP
3
Data Link
Frames, MAC
Ethernet, Bridge
2
Physical
Media
Wireless, Cat5
1