Lab 6 – Network Simulation

Objective 

The purpose of this simulation is for students to walk through the process of data encapsulation – where the PDU for one layer becomes the data for the next layer.

Equipment 

Laminate paper and envelopes

Notes and Observations

In this lab, we made a small network connection with laminate papers and envelopes to enact the flow of a network and how encapsulation takes place and only there is communication among the respective layers. Layer two speaks to layer two, layer three to layer three and so on. The higher layer takes the message or information and puts it into a packet or frame that is sent and read and slowly gets to its destination until it reaches its respective complimentary layer after it goes through every possible layer.

Questions

N/A

Conclusion 

In this lab, I learned how information is sent through a network and encapsulates information until it reaches its respective destination due to each layers respective protocol.