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Chapter5:IntroducingNetworkStandards
Lesson1:OpenSystemsInterconnection(OSI)ReferenceModel
Exercise5.1:ReviewingtheOSIReferenceModelLayers
ThistwopartexercisewillgiveyoutheopportunitytomemorizeandreviewthelayersoftheOSIreference
model.
Theleftcolumnisalistingofamemorizationtool:"AllPeopleSeemToNeedDataProcessing."Nextto
eachwordinthatcolumn,entertheappropriatenameoftheapplicableOSIlayerinthecentercolumnanda
briefdescriptionofthatlayer'sfunctionintherightcolumn.
MemorizationTool

OSILayer

Function

All

Application

Interactionattheuserorapplicationlevel

People

Presentation

Translationofdata

Seem

Session

Maintainsasessionbetweennodesonanetwork

To

Transport

Makessurethattransmissionsarereceived

Need

Network

Managesaddressingandroutingofthepackets

Data

DataLink

Physicaladdressingofpacketsanderrorcorrection

Processing

Physical

Managestheconnectiontothemedia

InthesecondpartofExercise1thatfollows,adeviceorstandardislistedintheleftcolumn.Inthespace
providedintherightcolumn,writeintheapplicableOSIlayer(s)foreachdeviceorstandard.
Device

OSIlayer

Gateway

Applicationtransportlayer

NIC

Physicallayer

Hub

Physicallayer

Router

Networklayer

IEEE802.x

Physicalanddatalinklayers

Lesson2:TheIEEE802.xStandard
Exercise5.2:DescribingIEEE802.xStandardsCategories
Inthisexercise,IEEE802standardscategoriesarelistedintheleftcolumn.Intherightcolumn,entera
descriptionofwhateachcategoryrepresents.
802.xStandard
802.1

Basisforstandard
Internetworking

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802.2

LogicalLinkControl(LLC)sublayer

802.3

CSMA/CDEthernet

802.4

TokenBusLAN

802.5

TokenRingLAN

802.6

MetropolitanAreaNetworks(MAN)

802.7

Broadbandtechnologies

802.8

Fiberoptictechnologies

802.9

Hybridvoice/datanetworks

802.10

Networksecurity

802.11

Wirelessnetworks

802.12

HighspeedLANs

802.13

Unused.

802.14

Definescablemodemstandards.

802.15

Defineswirelesspersonalareanetworks(WPAN).

802.16

Definesbroadbandwirelessstandards.

Lesson3:DeviceDriversandOSI
LessonCheckup
1.DefineODIanddescribetheroleitplaysinNovellandAppleNOSs.
TheOpenDataLinkInterface(ODI)isaspecification,developedforNovellandApplenetwork
operatingsystems(NOSs).Ithassimplifieddriverdevelopmentbyallowingmultipleprotocols,
suchasIPX/SPXandTCP/IP,workingatthedatalinklayeroftheOSIreferencemodel,to
sharethesameNICordriver.NICmanufacturerscanmaketheirboardsworkwithAppleand
NovellNOSsbysupplyingODIcompliantsoftwaredrivers.
2.Printermanufacturersareresponsibleforwriting_______________fortheirprinterproducts.
drivers
3.Driversdescribedinanoperatingsystemmanufacturer's________havebeentestedandincludedwith
theiroperatingsystem.
HCL
4.NICdriversresideonthecomputer's__________________.
harddisk
5.Protocoldriversusean_________interfacetocommunicatewiththeNICs.
NDIS
6.Translationsoftwareisrequiredto_____________________________NDISandODI.
bridgebetween
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ChapterReview
1.TheOSIreferencemodeldividesnetworkactivityinto____________layers.
seven
2.Thepurposeofeachlayeristoprovideservicestothenext_____________layerandshieldtheupper
layerfromthedetailsofhowtheservicesareactuallyimplemented.
higher
3.Ateachlayer,thesoftwareaddssomeadditionalformattingor_________________tothepacket.
addressing
4.Eachlayerononecomputerappearstocommunicatedirectlywiththe___________layeronanother
computer.
same
5.Thetop,or___________________,layerhandlesgeneralnetworkaccess,flowcontrol,anderror
recovery.
application
6.Atthesendingcomputer,the_____________________layertranslatesdatafromaformatsentdown
fromtheapplicationlayer.
presentation
7.The________________layerdeterminestheroutefromthesourcetothedestinationcomputer.
network
8.Thedatalinklayerisresponsibleforsending_____________________fromthenetworklayertothe
physicallayer.
dataframes
9.The________________informationinadataframeisusedforframetype,routing,andsegmentation
information.
control
10.The__________________layerdefineshowthecableisattachedtotheNIC.
physical
11.WindowsNTgroupsthesevenOSIlayersintothree.ThethreeNTlayersare________
_______________________,___________________________,and_____________________.
filesystemdrivers,transportprotocols,andNICdrivers.
12.An_________providestheinterfacebetweentheWindowsNTapplicationsandfilesystemdrivers
layer.
API
13.A_________providestheinterfacebetweentheWindowsNTfilesystemdriverslayerandthe
transportprotocols.
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TDI
14.An_________providestheinterfacebetweentheWindowsNT,thetransportprotocolslayer,andthe
NICdrivers.
NDIS
15.TheProject802specificationsdefinetheway__________accessandtransferdataoverphysical
media.
NICs
16.The802projectdividedthe____________________layeroftheOSIreferencemodelintotwo
sublayers,theLogicalLinkControl(LLC)layerandtheMediaAccessControl(MAC)layer.
datalink
17.The_________sublayercommunicatesdirectlywiththeNICandisresponsiblefordeliveringerror
freedatabetweentwocomputersonthenetwork.
MAC
18.TheIEEEcategory__________coversLANstandardsforEthernet.
802.3
19.TheIEEEcategory__________coversLANstandardsforTokenRing.
802.5
20.Adriveris_______________thatenablesacomputertoworkwithadevice.
software
21.NICsworkinthe_________sublayerofthe___________________layeroftheOSImodel.
MAC,datalink
22.NDISdefinesaninterfaceforcommunicationbetweenthe__________sublayerandtheprotocol
drivers.
MAC
23.NDISwasjointlydevelopedby___________________and____________.
Microsoft,3Com
24.ODIworksjustlikeNDISbutwasdevelopedby______________and________________for
interfacinghardwaretotheirprotocols.
Apple,Novell

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