1. Lab Description.

In this lab, I will learn about the OSI model and analyze a scenario to determine
the corresponding OSI layer. This lab will explain such layers as: application,
presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical layers. I will
utilize Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer licensed under GNU General
Public License, to review network traffic. Then, I will use a network protocol
analyzer to capture data packets on a network. I will be using a pcap file with
previously captured network activity in Wireshark to explore that network traffic
and illustrate each of the seven layers of the OSI Model. Also, this lab will
describe the encapsulation process and the function of specific protocols that
operate within particular layers of the OSI model.

2. Learning Outcome.
In this lab, I learned about how to Wireshark to explore the layers of the Open
Systems Interconnect, or the OSI Model. I learned the layers of the OSI model
such as: application layer, which is used by end-user software such as web
browsers; presentation layer, which prepares data for the application layer and
defines how two devices should encode the data so it is received correctly on the
other end; session layer, which creates communication channels and called
sessions between devices; transport layer, which takes data transferred in the
session layer and breaks it into “segments” on the transmitting end; network
layer, which breaks up segments into network packets, and reassembles the
packets on the receiving end; data link layer, which establishes and terminates
a connection between two physically-connected nodes on a network; and
physical layer, which is responsible for the physical cable or wireless connection
between network nodes. From this lab l learned such concepts as: TCP/IP,
Transport Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Internet
Protocol version 4 (IPv4), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), and Ethernet.