Our sessions are role of OSI layer when we open a webpage in a real world
When you are trying to open a web page on your PC this is what typically happens (I am just putting the basic concepts together for understanding, most of the steps below are much more elaborate, complicated and involves more devices, protocols & lot of other details than shown below)
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| Role of OSI Layer when we open a website |
Keep in mind that although the OSI model is what we study, we don't use OSI in real work networks. We use the TCP/IP Network Model. The OSI model is still taught due to it's usefulness in separating concepts into modules (layers). The OSI model is translated to the TCP/IP model.
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| Understanding of OSI Layer Model |
User Launches a site in the browser, You typically type an web address (Uniform resource locator) in a Web browser. Web browser uses something called Hypertext Transfer Protocol which is an Application layer protocol.
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| OSI Layer Datas, Protocols and Activities |
Behind the scene the web browser get the IP address of the URL you typed (say http://www.spansid.blogspot.com) using a process can Domain Name System which is also an Application layer protocol.
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| Role of OSI layer when open a webpage in Seven Layer |












