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Foil 33 XNS - Xerox Network Systems (1)

From Introduction to Network Protocols Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. by Roman Markowski


1 created in late 1970s and early 1980s; similar to TCP/IP
2 works across a variety of media (X.25, Ethernet, HDLC)
3 early adopted by Novell - evolved into IPX
4 implementations for PC networks became popular
5 5-layer protocol model
  • layer 0 - corresponds roughly to OSI layers 1 and 2 (link access and bit-stream manipulation)
  • layer 1 - corresponds to the portion of OSI layer 3 that refers to network traffic (logical addressing and end-to-end datagram delivery)
  • layer 2 - corresponds to the portion of OSI layer 3 that refers to inter-network routing and to OSI layer 4 (for inter process communication)
  • layers 3 and 4 - correspond to OSI layers 6 and 7 (data structuring, process to process interaction and application)
6 No protocol corresponding to OSI layer 5 (session layer)

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