Learn how to apply the OSI model and the TCP/IP model to understand network communication in TCP/IP network management. Compare, contrast, analyze, and benefit from these models.

The OSI (Open Systems interconnection) reference model is a conceptual framework used to understand and implement network protocols through seven layers. Each layer provides a specific function. 7: ...

TCP/IP is the older of the two approaches to data communications and is well established throughout the world. The OSI model, however, is a proven concept that is used in all other data ...

While some people may argue that the OSI model is obsolete (due to its conceptual nature) and less important than the four layers of the TCP/IP model, Kumar says that “it is difficult to read ...