Question

Describe the layered architecture of transmission control protocol and its characteristics.

Answer 1

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite in greater detail, analyzing its four layers and the core protocols used within each layer. Network administrators must have an understanding of the core protocols in the various layers and their functions to understand how networking applications work, how data is sent from one application to another, and how to interpret network captures. This chapter also discusses the two main application programming interfaces (APIs) that networking applications for the Microsoft® Windows® operating systems use and the APIs’ naming schemes.