Summary
This chapter covered how the OSI networking model is organized into seven layers (Physical, Data-Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, and Application) and described each level of the OSI stack. You also learned that Windows Server 2008 R2 includes support for TCP/IP v4 and v6. TCP/IP is the primary protocol in use today, and Microsoft encourages you to use TCP/IP exclusively, if possible.
Finally, the chapter discussed the Microsoft Windows network models (Windows peer-to-peer) and the advantages and disadvantages of this model.
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