Chapter 10
The Network Layer
The learning goals for this chapter are as follows:
- Understand the role of the network layer in the protocol stack and the issues involved in connection-oriented and connectionless service
- Learn the elements, and their functions, in the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) header
- Learn the function of the Type of Service field in the IPv4 header
- Understand the various portions and functions of the IPv4 address
- Learn the function of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server and its relationship with the IP address, subnet mask, DNS server and default gateway
- Understand the differences between unicast and multicast routing
- Explore the details involved in routing between LANs
- Understand the mapping operation ...
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