Nt1310 Unit 3 Assignment 1 Application Level

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An example of a highly important protocol which will be utilized at application level, is HTTP or hypertext transfer protocol. HTTP is the protocol used within web browsers and the entire internet to send and receive specific web page data. HTTP is a controlling protocol, as it determines how documents should be sent, and what the browser should do in response to commands. When accessing a web page, a HTTP command is sent to the pages web server, so that the server may send that specific page’s data to the user. PCO’s Learning Centre will be using the hypertext transfer protocol on a regular basis. In order for students to access web pages, the HTTP must exist to ensure speedy and accurate navigation, especially in a learning …show more content…

Ethernet is often built into hardware devices such as network interface controllers, to allow the sending and receiving of data packets to that piece of hardware. Ethernet can be used to create a wired local area network, which can subsequently communicate with other LAN’s, ad infinium, which in turn creates the internet. Ethernet uses a system called CSMA/CD or Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection. This system is able to deal with collisions which happen when two messages are sent at the same time. When two nodes on a network attempt to exchange data at the same time, they collide and create an error. When this happens, all nodes involved are notified. The Ethernet protocol will then set a random time interval, after which the node will re-attempt the transmission. This will be done until the message is successfully sent. Just as the hypertext transfer protocol and transmission control protocols will be used every single time a student at PCO’s learning centre accesses internet, so too is the ethernet protocol. This, however, will be done in a slightly different way. As the students will be using Wi-Fi to connect to the modem, ethernet will not be used. In saying this, ethernet will be used to connect to the NAS and the printer. For example, if two students want to print something, and they do so at the exact same time, the messages will collide. As the printer is connected through ethernet, the printer, and two computers will be notified of the collision. The ethernet protocol will then set a random time interval, and the printing request will be sent again at different times for each computer. Although this is a reasonably complex process, in real time, the students will have no idea this is happening, and the printer will print both students documents like nothing has

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