3. OSI Protocol Stack Example Description OSI Level N Cables, connectors etc. Electrical properties of the cable Physical 1 Ethernet Transmit & receive packets Data Link 2 IP Packet routing Network 3 TCP Transport – guaranteed delivery of packets Transport 4 Authentication e.g. SSL Session 5 Data compression e.g. ASCII, MPEG Presentation 6 In practice these three layers combine in TCP/IP as ‘layer 7’ HTTP, SMTP Programs communicating over network e.g. SMTP, HTTP Application 7
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11. Baseband v Broadband Long distances 1km max before repeater E.g. cable TV E.g. Ethernet Can have multiple channels One channel Transmission in one direction Transmission in both directions Analogue signalling Digital signalling Broadband Baseband
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15. Ethernet Packet (Layer 2) Destination Address Ethernet MAC address of the destination host, 6 bytes (48-bits) Source Address Ethernet MAC address of the source host, 6bytes (48-bits) EtherType Type of data encapsulated, e.g. IP, ARP, RARP, etc, 16-bits. Data Field Data area, 46-1500 bytes, which has CRC Cyclical Redundancy Check, used for error detection