Archive for February 2009

OSI Seven Layer Network Reference Model - Addressing and Example

The OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Seven Layer Network Reference Model is the basic for learning network infrastructure. It is an abstract description of computer network protocol design.
From top to bottom, the name of the layers are Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data-Link, and Physical Layers.

Each layer provides services to the layer above it and receives [...]