The lower layers may drop packets, but the transport layer performs a sequence check on the data and ensures that if a 12MB file is sent, the full 12MB is received. "OSI transport services ...

The third layer of the OSI Model, the network layer, is where most network engineers focus their time and expertise. As Darragh commented in my post on the data link layer, Layer 2 is cool but ...

Ethernet-APL will transform industrial networks by separating the physical layer from specific automation protocols, ...

The technical name of a frame of data transmitted over the data link layer (layer 2 ... of data traveling over a network a "packet." See OSI model and packet. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...