Which network device is responsible for connecting the local area network to the

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Which network device is responsible for connecting the local area network to the internet? Switch Router VPN Firewall Proxy Which of the remote invocation methodologies best align with the context of object oriented programming Request/Reply Remote Procedure Call Remote Method Invocation Which of the following are characteristics of cloud computing Massive Scale Maximize Resource Utilization Network Tolerance On Demand Access Space Uncoupled Data Intensive Which of the following indexing methodologies produces the most network bandwidth for peer to peer networks? DHT Random Walk Query flood Centralized Which of the following are characteristics of "FULL" of virtualization ? Multiple O/S guests per host Same O/S Guests per host Streamlined Hardware Invocation Modified Guest Kernel Emulated Hardware Invocation Potential Licensing Savings on Guests Which of the following is true about the tenants of transperancy Access transparency may conflict with security Mobility transparency may conflict with replication Location transparency may conflict with scaling Concurrency transparency may conflict with performance

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Correct option is Router

Local Area Network means LAN.

Router is an electronic device used to connect two or more networks to forward the packet based on the IP address in the header of the packet. As the same way it will connect LAN to the internet.

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Switch:

                Switch is also an electronic device used to connect two or more networks based on the MAC address. We can’t connect to the internet just based on the MAC address, it needs IP address also to connect to internet.

VPN:

                In order to provide security and privacy to private and public networks Virtual Private Network (VPN) is used. Example is wifi hotspot and internet.

Firewall:

                Firewall is used to prevent unauthorized access to a private network.

Proxy:

                Proxy is a gateway between the internet and a local network.

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