Wednesday, April 18, 2018

OSI referance model


OSI Model:
OSI means Open System Interconnection (Interface) or symply OSI model.
This is a standard is followed by every network device used in computmng.


Application Layer:
It is a interface between the end user & Application and the Network.
It deals with the software applications the is a user interface.

Presentation layer:
It negotiates data exchange format. It deals with representing the data for
eg: jpg, doc, etc.

Session Layer:
it allows the user to establish, manage and terminate the connection.
It handles the actual connection between the system and also perfoems the name resolvtion

Transport Layer:
it provides end to end reliable connection. It gives the gearentee of data delivery.
If a packet fails to reach the destination it notifies the sender, requesting another packet to the sender

Network Layer:
it routes the data through the larger internetwork. It defiens logical host address such as IP address it
gives the information about how & where the data should be defined

Data link Layer:
It determines access tot he netwokr media and specfies How the data bits are grouped into frames
it is divided into two sublayers

Physical Layer:
All physical equipment falls under this catogery, ie cables, NIC cards,
Data is transferred through signals.

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