TCP/IP Overview
TCP/IP Overview - Basic Networking Concepts
Contents
What is TCP/IP?
- TCP/IP is a name refers to an entire collection of data communication protocols
- TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
- IP: Internet Protocol
- ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol
- ...
TCP/IP Features
- Open protocol standards
- Independence from specific physical network hardware
- Ethernet
- Token ring
- Dial-up line
- X.25 net ...
- A common addressing scheme
- Standardized high-level protocols