In class discussion about different technologies was interesting. As we got into groups of three or so we came up with different technologies, uses of the internet, uses of businesses, social issues and etc. Some of the topics I did not know, I did know or I knew about but was not sure of their terminology. This exercise gave me awareness of the broad scope of internet technology and we barely scratched the surface.
We also overviewed the OSI model. The last time I reviewed the OSI model was in undergrad junior year. So probably around Spring 2005 or so. I believed I remembered everything about the OSI model but I was extremely incorrect. I am glad the review was broken into groups of peers. It gives us time to focus on one layer and also hear from our peers’ point of view on their assigned layer.
Our group collaborated on the Transport layer of the OSI model. The Transport layer handles flow control and end-to-end error recovery. The overall job is to provide the necessary functions to enable communication between software application processes on different computers. It has algorithms that ensure that reliable and efficient communication between devices takes place. An example of the transport layer is TCP.
Nice start to the blog. I hope you find the blog useful. I've read several now. Many of them have good discussions of the OSI model and it's usefulness in diagnosing network problems. I'll be posting a blog roll after I get done checking them all out.
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