works? Internet is the biggest inter-network 1. How Internet moves information? www.google.com 1. www.google.com is a the domain name of a server. The browser tries to download its root webpage. dst? DNS req UDP IP Eth
2. ADSL ROUTER
The browser needs to resolve the name www.google.com
using the configured DNS server. OS builds a DNS req. /over an UDP pkt /over a WiFi frame But it doesnt know the router MAC address. dst: all
ARP req Eth HOME LAN
3. The phone knows the router IP address (ex: 192.168.0.1) The phone sends an ARP request to the WLAN (all devices) asking for the MAC address corresponding to that IP. The router sends it an ARP reply announcing its MAC. DNS req UDP IP Eth
4. ADSL ROUTER
Now the phone knows the MAC address (it saves for a while). The phone is able to send the DNS request. DNS SERVER
IP PPP
DSLAM ADS L
5. line
The router forwards the IP packet to ISP NETWORK
the ISP network. Encapsulated over an ADSL link. 6. DNS replies the corresponding IP address: (216.58.214.164) DNS SERVER
line ADSL ISP NETWORK 7. Browser is now able to perform an HTTP request.
HTTP GET TCP IP Eth ADSL line 8. Each router checks its routing table to choose next hop.
AD SL line
IP
ISP NETWORK Internet 9. The IP packets go to through Internet to the remote network.
WEB SERVER
AD Google SL l ine network
ISP NETWORK
Internet www.google.com 10. The web server finds the requested file and sends back to the client using the HTTP protocol.
