Q1. What is the role of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)?
- ICMP controls and manages transmitted information using TCP/IP. It is an error reporting and diagnostic utility that enables nodes, such as routers, intermediary devises, and hosts, to share error information with other nodes.
Q2. What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used for?
- HTTP is used for transferring web-based information between client and server. It also defines how information is formatted and transmitted over Internet.
Q3. What is File Transfer Protocol (FTP) used for?
- FTP is used to transfer files between FTP client and FTP server
Q4. What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for?
- SMTP is used for sending emails between systems in TCP/IP environment. The mail objective of this protocol is to transfer emails reliably and efficiently.
Q5. What is Domain Name System (DNS) used for?
- DNS is used to resolve logical names into IP addresses. It also stores information. such as the list of mail servers that accept email for a given Internet domain.
Q6. What is telnet used for?
- Telnet is used to enable a remote terminal session across TCp/Ip network. It is primarily used on the Internet or LANs to provide a communication facility, which is bi-directional, interactive, and text-oriented, using a remote terminal connection.
Q7. What is Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) used for?
- SLIP sends IP datagrams over a serial link and transfers network traffic over dial-up connection. It is often used where very low overhead is required. It is designed to work over serial ports and modem connections.
Q8. What is point-to-point Protocol used for?
- Point-to-Point Protocol is used to transfer network traffic over dial up connection and it supports compression, security, error checking, and flow control. It supports TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBUI.
Q9. What is AppleTalk Protocol (ATP) used for?
- ATP is used for MAC computers to provide connectivity to other computers.
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