[Ilugc] Transport Data Link Layer difference
- From: cyborg4k@xxxxxxxxx (Shakthi Kannan)
- Date: Mon Mar 28 13:17:14 2005
Hi,
--- Venkateswara Rao G <sonuvrao@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can anybody elucidate the difference between
Transport Layer and Data Link
layer funtionality wise.
In short, transport layer ensures reliability of data
transfer w.r.t. the application, software-related. The
data link layer ensures data transfer w.r.t. to the
physical medium, hardware-related.
Check these books:
[1] Andrew S. Tanenbaum. (March 6, 1996). Computer
Networks. (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall.
[2] William Stalling. (2003). Data and Computer
Communication. (6th ed.). Prentice Hall.
http://williamstallings.com/DCC6e.html
Regards,
K Shakthi
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