Networking concepts - TCP/IP layer model
Understanding the TCP/IP layer model and explain the significance of each layer with real world packet flow. Explanation :- TCP/IP is normally considered to be a 4 layer system. The 4 layers are as follows : Application layer Transport layer Internet/Network layer Network Access layer / network interface layer A pplication layer also has various protocols that applications use to communicate with the second layer, the transport layer. Some of the popular application layer protocols are : HTTP (Hypertext transfer protocol) FTP (File transfer protocol) SMTP (Simple mail transfer protocol) SNMP (Simple network management protocol) etc Transport layer provides backbone to data flow between two hosts. This layer receives data from the application layer . There are many protocols that work at this layer but the two most commonly used protocols at transport layer are TCP and UDP . TCP is used where a reliable connection is required while UDP is used in c...