""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > At 03:26 PM 2/7/02, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > >What is TCP? How is a SYN represented in TCP? > > > >What is HDLC? How is a GET represented in HDLC? > > That was supposed to say HTTP! HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP and probably others, > have yet another way of encoding control information.
Isn't it all just data within the packets and not flags in a packet, like in TCP? It's byte-oriented > but a little different. > > And how about routing protocols? For example, how does EIGRP encode an > Update opcode? Is it different from how HTTP, FTP, etc. send control info? > And different from TCP? > > > >What is FTP? How is a RETR represented in FTP? > > > >And how about Token Ring with its starting delimiter and ending delimiters? > >And how should one interpret the Ethernet preamble? > > > >Also, aren't all protocols at some level processed a bit at a time? > > > >This is bad as the 7-layer discussions! ;-) > > > >Priscilla > > > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=34786&t=34629 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]