Within your own laptop or desktop, you can easily see the OSI model in action. If you check your network connections and then select the properties of your network interface card, as shown in the following screenshot, you can see how the layer in the OSI model are represented:
Network bindings
The following represents the various layers and how they are represented in Ethernet Properties:
- Data link and physical layers are represented in the NIC.
- Application, presentation, and session layers are represented in Client for Microsoft Networks, along with File and print sharing for Microsoft Networks.
- Network layers are shown as Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).