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Tangential, does anyone have recommendations for understanding OSI Layer 1 and network cards?
by SushiHippie 3y ago
Tangential, does anyone have recommendations for understanding OSI Layer 1 and network cards?
- bradfa 3y agoFor the physical layer, the IEEE specs are actually quite good. A lot of the IEEE 802 specifications are free in PDF format now: https://www.ieee802.org/16/arc/802-16list2/msg00142.html https://www.ieee802.org/16/arc/802-16list2/msg00142.html
- SushiHippie 3y agoThanks! For future reference, direct download links can be found here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page/series?id=68 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/pag... Found the direct link here: https://ieee802.org/ https://ieee802.org/
- 0nate 3y agoThere are a couple of general OSI diagrams I produced recently, available here: https://www.nathanhandy.blog/articles/osi-model-revisited.html https://www.nathanhandy.blog/articles/osi-model-revisited.ht.... They might be a good conceptual starting point for you.
- SushiHippie 3y agoThank you, these look really beautiful! Though layer 8 seems to be missing :p