1. What is a packet? Each information packet sent from a computer is seen by all the other computers on the local network
2. What is a configuration table? A configuration table is a collection of information, including:

-Information on which connections lead to particular groups of addresses
-Priorities for connections to be used
Rules for handling both routine and special cases of traffic
3. What are the two jobs of a router? When you make a telephone call to someone on the other side of the country, the telephone system establishes a stable circuit between your telephone and the telephone you're calling.
4. Under “Transmitting Packets” what different routes (e.g. copper wiring) may information take?Under Transmitting Packets” what different routes (e.g. copper wiring) may information take?copper cables, switches, fiber optics, microwaves and satellites.
5. The largest routers used to handle data at the major traffic points on the Internet are most like rather than office routers.
6. Routing Packets: What is a subnet mask?it describes a way someone can get a message to you.
7. What is a logical address?What is a logical address? it describes a way someone can get a message to you.
8. What is a MAC Address?address of the adapter queried by the program.