OSI Flashcards
what is the
OSI means
Open Systems Interconnection
what are the
layers of the OSI model
- Application
- Presentation
- Session
- Transport
- Network
- Data link
- Physical
what is
OSI layer 1
physical layer
what is the
data link layer payload
network layer packet
what makes up the
OSI layer 2 frame
Destination address + Source address + Payload + Error Check
(Network layer packet)
describe
OSI layer 2 error checking
only capable of very basic error checking, such as error checking or corrupt frames
no way to acknowledge or retransmit damaged frames
what is the
the MAC sublayer covers
- logical topology- bus or ring
- media access method- contention or token based
- addressing- format for hardware addresses
- frame format
- error checking mechanism
what is the
OSI layer 3
network layer
what is the
purpose of OSI network layer
moving data around a network of networks
(internetwork or the Internet)
what is the
routing occurs at OSI ______ layer
layer 3
network layer
what is the
OSI layer 4
transport layer
what is the
what is OSI transport layer also known as
end-to-end
or
host-to-host
layer
what is the
function of the OSI transport layer
identify each type of network application by assigning it a port number
what is the
network layer pdu
packets
or
datagrams
what is the
OSI layer 4 PDU
segment
what is the
OSI reliable data delivery layer
OSI layer 4, transport layer
what is the
OSI layer 5
session layer
what is the
function of OSI session layer
dialog control functions