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  1. What does network interface do? and what's difference between a …

    May 15, 2021 · I'm a little confused about the network interface. Based on my understanding, a network interface does the translation between link-layer and internet layer, and does the ARP.

  2. Switch: port and NIC relation - Network Engineering Stack Exchange

    Feb 1, 2022 · A "NIC" (Network Interface Card) is an old term created back when there was an actual circuit board that you plugged into your PC motherboard. Today, all that circuitry is built into the …

  3. How many IP addresses can a device or an interface possess?

    Jan 12, 2019 · Can one IP address be assigned to more then one device or interface? In which situations may this happen? Can one device or interface posses more than one IP address?

  4. ipv4 - Why do I need to specify a subnet mask on interface? - Network ...

    Sep 4, 2016 · The router uses the IP address and mask configured on an interface to determine what network is attached to that interface. That network and mask then become part of the routing table as …

  5. routing - Why are IP addresses given to each interface and not device ...

    Jan 16, 2019 · 34 Connecting an interface to a network makes it a part of that network. Therefore, the IP address is a property of the connection, not the host. Likewise, a host can have many network …

  6. Why don't routers answer ARP requests for IP addresses they can …

    Nov 25, 2024 · The router would not be an IP router for that router interface because it would not know about the network directly connected to it. A router not having an IP address for an interface means …

  7. tunnel - Windows - ping an ip via different interfaces - Network ...

    I am working on Windows Server 2008/12. I have two interfaces: a PPTP tunnel and the LAN card and I want to ping an IP via both of them to compare their results. As per the documentation, that sho...

  8. Interfaces named with `ge` represent what? - Network Engineering …

    G is mainly represent the Bandwidth of port/interface that means 1000 Mega bits per seconds where as E for Ethernet technology. So, port name written as Gigabit Ethernet as per IEEE standards, Now …

  9. Does a router have multiple nics? - Network Engineering Stack Exchange

    Oct 9, 2016 · You could technically have a router with a single physical interface, with multiple sub-interfaces all using different VLAN IDs, connected to a switch with the connections to pass the traffic …

  10. Network Gateways vs Interfaces - Network Engineering Stack Exchange

    @AlexW IP routing tables assume the device has multiple network interfaces, although most PCs have only one. When there is more than one, the device needs to know which interface to use to reach the …