Unit 4

Lesson 5 - The Transport Layer

   Transport Layer Protocols

The following protocols are found at the Transport Layer:

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) was developed for the Internet. TCP works in conjunction with IP, in the widely used TCP/IP protocol stack.

Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX) is Novell NetWare's Transport Layer protocol. It works in conjuction with IPX.

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Why might it take multiple packets to send a message across a network?

   Activities

See the Activities and Extended Activities section in Unit 4 Lesson 5 in your textbook Introduction to Networking to test what you have learned so far.

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