slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?message-squaremessage-square120linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square120linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 days agoUnderstanding that other protocols are possible is important. Sure, reality doesn’t fit neatly into the OSI model, but it gives you a conceptual idea of everything that goes into a networking stack.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·12 days agoSo does the TCP/IP model and that is what systems actually use.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoPlenty of things don’t fit into the TCP/IP model at all. Infiniband, for starters.
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoThank you. Didn’t know of any non-IP network stack. Got something new to research while commuting.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoAnother one is fibre channel (not to be confused with just running ethernet over fiber).
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·12 days agoDoes infiniband run IP?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·12 days agoIt doest run CLNS either.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 days agoDoesn’t matter. The OSI model does not stipulate an OSI protocol
Understanding that other protocols are possible is important. Sure, reality doesn’t fit neatly into the OSI model, but it gives you a conceptual idea of everything that goes into a networking stack.
So does the TCP/IP model and that is what systems actually use.
Plenty of things don’t fit into the TCP/IP model at all. Infiniband, for starters.
Thank you. Didn’t know of any non-IP network stack. Got something new to research while commuting.
Another one is fibre channel (not to be confused with just running ethernet over fiber).
Does infiniband run IP?
No
It doest run CLNS either.
Doesn’t matter. The OSI model does not stipulate an OSI protocol