> Where they differ is that Ethernet was designed to a be a local network, whereas the Internet is designed to be an internetwork. Then your criticism of the f

> Where they differ is that Ethernet was designed to a be a local network, whereas the Internet is designed to be an internetwork. Then your criticism of the first three OSI layers is merely that they should be named "point-to-point", "local", and "inter". I can agree with that criticism. But I can't agree with needing 239 pages to convey it.