OSI Model Flashcards
Layer 1
Physical
Layer 2
Data Link
Layer 3
Network
Layer 4
Transportation
Layer 5
Session
Layer 6
Presentation
Layer 7
Application
Layer 1 devices
Ethernet/fiberoptic, Bluetooth, Wifi, Repeaters, Hubs etc. Dumb devices that just repeat the data sent into them
Layer 2 devices
Simple switches, Network Interface Cards, Bridges
Layer 3 devices
Routers, Multi-layer switches, IPv4 Protocol, IPv6 Protocol, ICMP
Layer 4 Devices
TCP, UDP, Firewalls, Load Balancers
Layer 5 devices
H.323 - H.264, NetBIOS
Layer 6 devices
How is the data requested displayed. E.G:
HTML, XML, Scripting languages
ASCII, EBCDIC, UNICODE
Gif, Mov, JPG
TLS, SSL
Layer 7 Devices
Not applications, from a wider persepective eg. the services that allow applications to function.
Email (SMTP, IMAP, POPv3)
Internet Browsing (HTTP, HTTPS)
Domain Name Service
File transfer protocol (FTP, FTPS)
Remote Access (SSH, Telnet, RDP)
SNMP
Layer 1 functions
Transmission of bits across the network
Wiring standards
Physical topology
Synchronising bits
Multiplexing strategy
Bandwith Usage
What are the common topology types?
Bus - Single line of failure
Ring
Ring FDDI - Dual ring operating in different directions
Star - Centered communication from server
Hub - Some level of failover - hubs connect close devices and communicate with each other
Mesh - Every devices is linked with every device - fully redundant, however impratical for larger networks
Partial Mesh - Combination between mesh and hub, not fully redundant
How is communication synchronised?
Asynchronous - Communication is modulated by transmitting a start and stop bits to initiate communication
Synchronous - communication occurs based on the agreed reference clock