Chapter 2. The OSI Reference Model

After completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

Image What is the purpose of a network model?

Image What are the layers of the OSI model?

Image What are the characteristics of each layer of the OSI model?

Image How does the TCP/IP stack compare to the OSI model?

What are the well-known TCP and/or ...

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