port question

[Tony Alfrey]

Vu Pham wrote:
> On 08/26/2009 07:12 AM, James McDonald wrote:
>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>> I'm just wondering about the actual packet of bits that is assembled
>>> at each layer.
>> Sounds like you need to do some research on the OSI (Open Systems
>> Interconnect) model.
>>
>> I use a pneumonic to get the first letters.
>>
>> All people some times need data processing.
>>
>> Application
>> Presentation
>> Session
>> Transport
>> Network
>> Data Link
>> Physical
>>
>> And then once you have the OSI model down you can move on to the RFC's
>> on how TCP/IP packets are constructed....
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Or as one of my instructors once said. "It just works OK!"
> 
> Or you can try the book "TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1: The protocols" of 
> Richard Stevens.
> 
> I really like that book. Everything is explained very clearly and easy 
> to understand.


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