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sanjo
07-17-2008, 06:46 PM
Your book states that the Transport layer creates a virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations. According to my neophyte understanding of the OSI model, the Network layer creates the virtual circuit before transmitting between two end stations. I learned this from PC Webopedia (http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp). Please let me know which is correct as soon as possible. I memorized this information and need to know quickly what to correct or forget.

lammle
07-18-2008, 08:27 AM
The Network layer is connectionless and does not know the path from end to end. It sends the packet hop-by-hop between routers and the routing table tells each router how to forward the packet.
That information you read is wrong.
Todd