IT 304 Week 3 Discussion Board

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to  the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This  will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be  substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

• Describe the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model layers, and explain how they interact with each other.  
• Do you think that the model can work with any layer missing in any particular type of situation?  
• Choose 2 of the elements of the Transmission Control  Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite and describe in-depth how they  play a role in the TCP/IP model. This can include a description of  elements within the layers of the TCP/IP model or anything else that is  related. 

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2  of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their  Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and  enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the  following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate's posting?  
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?  
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?  
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?