OSI Flashcards
Physical layer specifications
Pin layouts
Voltages
Cable specifications
Hardware: hubs, repeaters, and network interfaces
Data in the Network Layer is broken down into these
Packets
Compression happens in this layer
Presentation (Layer 6)
Connectionless communications
Connection-oriented communications
Flow control
Windowing
Acknowledgements
Transport Layer (Layer 4) specifications
POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Web Browsing (HTTP), Domain Name Service (DNS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), TELNET, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) are all examples of what layer
Application (Layer 7)
Logical Link Control
Data Link Layer
Ensures every host on the network has a unique address
Logical addressing
Sets up, manages, and tears down sessions between Presentation Layer entities
Provides dialogue control between devices
Coordinates communication between systems
Session Layer (Layer 5)
Layer 3
Network
Hierarchy layers
OSI
BGP
Border gateway protocol
Primarily responsible for getting data from one end-point to another
Network Layer
Routing protocol used to transfer data and information between gateways or autonomous systems
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
Communicates directly with the media that transmit bits
Physical
Layer 7
Application
Layer 4
Transport