Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking for Industry

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When you have completed study of this chapter you should be able to:

• Describe the origins of TCP/IP

• Compare the OSI and DARPA (DOD) models

• Describe the overall structure of the TCP/IP suite of protocols

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In the early 1960s The US Department Of Defense (DOD) indicated the need for a

wide-area communication system, covering the United States and allowing the

interconnection of heterogeneous hardware and software systems.

In 1967 the Stanford Research Institute was contracted to develop the suite of protocols

for this network, initially to be known as ARPANet. Other participants ...