T
heTransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)isastandardthatincludesmanyprotocols.Itdefineshowmachinesonaninternetworkcancommunicate with each other. It was initially funded by and developed for DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Protects Agency), which is a conglomeration of U.S. military andgovernment organizations. Developed initially for the government, it was later made availabletothepublic,mainlyseenonUnixsystems.FirstspecifiedinRFC791,ithasbecomethedefacto standard for networking protocols. The Internet uses TCP/IP to carry data betweennetworks,andmostcorporationstodayuseTCP/IPfortheirnetworks.Thischapterwillprovide an overview of TCP/IP, including some of its more important protocols, as well asIP addressing.
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TCP/IP Protocol Stack
TohelparticulatehowdataismovedbetweendevicesrunningTCP/IP,amodelwasdevelopedthatresemblestheOSIReferenceModeldiscussedinChapter2.Table3-1comparesthetwomodels.ThefollowingsectionswillcoverthelayersoftheTCP/IPProtocolstack.
Application Layer
OnemaindifferencebetweentheOSIReferenceModelandTCP/IP’smodelisthatTCP/IPlumpstogethertheapplication,presentationandsessionlayersintoonelayer,calledtheapplicationlayer.HerearesomecommonTCP/IPapplicationsCiscodevicessupport:DNS,HTTP,SNMP,telnet,andTFTP.
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Chapter3:IP Addressing
It is VERY importantthat you understand ALL aspects of IP addressing. Therefore, spend a lot of timeon this chapter. If you don’t understand IP addressing when taking the exam, youwill have a difficult time in passing it.This Exam Watch goes for all threeexams: INTRO, ICND, and CCNA.
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