Monday, October 25, 2010

Blog Entry 4.3 - Packet Switching Technology

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With a 5-10 sentence paragraph describe what is happening in this image.  Use the following terms : Router, client, server, IP address, IP datagram, packets, concurrent data transmission, TCP, IP, Packet-Switching Technology.  [Explain what is being sent and how]


      The diagram above is called packet-switching technology.  Messages are being divided into packets and sent between a client or clients to a server or servers.  IP and TCP are both involved in this process.  IP forwards the Packets from node to node (Routers).  TCP or Transmission control Protocol breaks information into packets.  The IP Datagram is a data packet that conforms to the IP specifications.  It also relies on the IP address.  The IP address is a unique address that is assigned to computers and routher.


   

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