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Lesson 5: Making Networks Work

Chapter 5

 


Lesson Objectives:

After reading the chapter and completing the exercises, the students should be able to:

Understand and explain the OSI reference model
• Understand and explain the IEEE 802 networking model and related standards
• Explain the OSI reference model’s layers and their relationships to networking hardware and software


Key Terms

802.1
802.2
802.3
802.4
802.5
802.6
802.7
802.8
802.9
802.1
802.11
802.12
AppleTalk
Application layer
congestion control
Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC)
data frame
Data Link layer
error handling
flow control
fragmentation
frame
International Standardization Organization (ISO)
Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)
IPX/SPX
layers
Logical Link Control (LLC)
Media Access Control (MAC)
NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface (NetBEUI)
Network layer
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)


OSI reference model
packet
packet data unit (PDU)
packet switching
payload
payload data unit (PDU)
Physical layer
Presentation layer
Project 802
protocol
protocol data unit (PDU)
protocol stack
protocol suite
reassembly
redirector
routing
segmentation
Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX)
Session layer
sublayers
Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Transport layer

 


Links

IEEE Standards Organization

ISO OSI Standards Page

 

 

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