TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol
Internet Protocol: a distributed triumph
n The first Internet was ARPANET in 1969’s with four nodes
n Present TCP/IP version 4 has problems especially in
n lacking of address capacity
n security
n In 1997 ipV6 was initiated - However not too much used yet
due to compatibility problems
n TCP/IP does not have any general advance (except that it is so
widespread) when compared to IPX, AppleTalk, DECnet etc.
n Essential high level network functions
n routing management
n name servers
n network management protocols
n Network consists of
n hardware as workstations, networks, routers, bridges
n software as applications and protocols
Text Box: TCP/IP Network 
architecture