port question

[Vu Pham]

On 08/26/2009 10:34 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> Pictures are good! I'm trying to find it for free on-line ;-)
>

I love all networking books of R.Stevens. Several years ago, I had to 
write a UDP-like protocol for a customer running on the Mobitex network, 
those books were always next to me.

Vu