May 2019
Intermediate to advanced
478 pages
11h 21m
English
The TCP/IP protocol suite is the most common network communication model in use today. The TCP/IP reference model differs a bit from the OSI model, as it has only four layers instead of seven.
The following diagram illustrates how the four layers of the TCP/IP model line up to the seven layers of the OSI model:

Notably, the TCP/IP model doesn't match up exactly with the layers in the OSI model. That's OK. In both models, the same functions are performed; they are just divided differently.
The TCP/IP reference model was developed after the TCP/IP protocol was already in common use. It differs from the OSI model by subscribing ...
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