Tag: OSI Acronyms

We usually show the four different layers (Link, Internetwork, Transport, and Application) stacked on top of each other with the Application layer at the top and the Link layer at the bottom. The reason we show them this way is because each layer makes use of the layers above and below it to achieve networked…

The Link, Internetwork, and Transport layers work together to quickly and reliably move data between two computers across a shared network of networks. With this capability to move data reliably, the next question is what networked applications will be built to make use of these network connections. When the first widely used Internet came into…

The Internetwork layer is both simple and complex. It looks at a packet’s destination address and finds a path across multiple network hops to deliver the packet to the destination computer. But sometimes these packets get lost or badly delayed. Other times the packets arrive at their destination out of order because a later packet…

Once your packet destined for the Internet makes it across the first link, it will be in a router. Your packet has a source address and destination address and the router needs to look at the destination address to figure out how to best move your packet towards its destination. With each router handling packets…

The Link layer is responsible for connecting your computer to its local network and moving the data across a single hop. The most common Link layer technology today is wireless networking.When you are using a wireless device, the device is only sending data a limited distance. A smartphone communicates with a tower that is a…

You can take this quiz online at http://www.net-intro.com/quiz/1) Why do engineers use a “model” to organize their approach to solving a large and complex problem?a) Because it allows them to build something small and test it in a wind tunnelb) Because talking about a model delays the actual start of the hard workc) Because they…

client: In a networked application, the client application is the one that requests services or initiates connections.fiber optic: A data transmission technology that encodes data using light and sends the light down a very long strand of thin glass or plastic. Fiber optic connections are fast and can cover very long distances.offset: The relative position…

To engineer and build a system as complex as the Internet, engineers try to break a single challenging problem into a set of smaller problems that can be solved independently and then put back together to solve the original large problem. The engineers who built the first internets broke the overall problem into four basic…