My previous post explained the fundamentals of the OSI framework’s sixth layer: the presentation layer. This layer gives you independence from differences in the representation of (encrypted) data. Layer six does this by translating from application to network format and the other way around.
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In my last post, we explored the third layer of the OSI framework: the network layer. As we saw, switching and routing technologies are part of this layer, transmitting data from endpoint to endpoint. Routing technologies create logical paths.
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Setting up a Wired Network is easy to do if you know how it works. In previous posts, I showed how a Local Area Network (LAN) and how a Wide Area Network (WAN) works and what important part they play in a connection with the internet.
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In a previous post about networks, we traveled through the basics of setting up a LAN and a Star Network. This was done in preparation for our next destination: the networking world outside a local environment.
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