What is the TCP/IP Model?
TCP/IP Model helps you to determine how a specific
computer should be connected to the internet and how data should be transmitted
between them. It helps you to create a virtual network when multiple computer
networks are connected together. The purpose of TCP/IP model is to allow
communication over large distances.
TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet
Protocol. It is specifically designed as a model to offer highly reliable and
end-to-end byte stream over an unreliable internetwork.
TCP Characteristics:
Here, are the essential characteristics of TCP/IP protocol
- Support
for a flexible architecture
- Adding
more system to a network is easy.
- In
TCP/IP, the network remains intact until the source, and destination
machines were functioning properly.
- TCP
is a connection-oriented protocol.
- TCP
offers reliability and ensures that data which arrives out of sequence
should put back into order.
The functionality of the TCP/IP model is
divided into four layers,
and each includes specific protocols.
TCP/IP
is a layered server architecture system in which each layer is defined
according to a specific function to perform. All these four layers work
collaboratively to transmit the data from one layer to another.
- Application
Layer
- Transport
Layer
- Internet
Layer
- Network
Interface
Advantages of TCP/IP
Here,
are pros/benefits of using the TCP/IP model:
- It helps you to establish/set
up a connection between different types of computers.
- It operates independently of
the operating system.
- It supports many
routing-protocols.
- It enables the internetworking
between the organizations.
- TCP/IP model has a highly
scalable client-server architecture.
- It can be operated
independently.
- Supports a number of routing
protocols.
- It can be used to establish a
connection between two computers.
Disadvantages of TCP/IP
Here,
are few drawbacks of using the TCP/IP model:
- TCP/IP is a complicated model
to set up and manage.
- The shallow/overhead of TCP/IP
is higher-than IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange).
- In this, model the transport
layer does not guarantee delivery of packets.
- Replacing protocol in TCP/IP is
not easy.
- It has no clear separation from its services,
interfaces, and protocols.
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