Protocol
PROTOCOL Protocols are the way which use to perform the communication between two devices. Protocol are responsible for end to end communication.A protocol is set of rule or instruction because it define the rule and regulation of communication.Protocol is a small piece of software.A device use number of protocol to perform the communication with other device. Protocol are divided into five categories and categories define the function of protocol PROTOCOL CATEGORIES 1:- COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL (tcp/ip , udp/ip , spx/ipx) 2:- ROUTING PROTOCOL - routing protocol are divided into two part IGP (rip , igrp , eigrp , ospf , is-is ) EGP (bgp ) 3:- ROUTED PROTOCOL (ip , ipx , at ) 4:- TRANSPORT PROTOCOL (tcp , udp , spx ) 5:- APPLICATION PROTOCOL (http , ftp , tftp , dhcp , smtp , pop , dns , telnet , ssh ) COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL