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Cisco Exercises - Semester 1 - Networking Fundamentals
Chapter 2 The OSI Model
Introduction
The OSI reference model is a descriptive network scheme whose standards ensure greater compatibility and interoperability between various types of network technologies. Further, the OSI reference model is a way of illustrating how information travels through networks. It is a conceptual framework specifying the network functions that occur at each layer. The OSI model describes how information or data makes its way from application programs (such as spreadsheets) through a network medium (such as wires) to another application program located on another computer on a network.
Concept Questions
Demonstrate your knowledge of these concepts by answering the following questions in the space provided.
The ISO recognized that there was a need to create a network model that would help vendors create interoperable network implementations and released the OSI reference model in 1984.
The OSI reference model is a descriptive network scheme whose standards ensure greater compatibility and interoperability between various types of network technologies. Why is such a standard necessary?
The OSI reference model organizes network distinct functions into seven numbered layers: Briefly describe what each layer does.
Layer 7: The application layer
Layer 6: The presentation layer
Layer 5: The session layer
Layer 4: The transport layer
Layer 3: The network layer
Layer 2: The data link layer
Layer 1: The physical layer