Some basic network protocols

• Ethernet - Provides for transport of information between physical locations on Ethernet cable.                    Data is passed in Ethernet packet.
• SLIP - Serial line IP (SLIP), a form of data encapsulation for serial lines.
• PPP -   Point to point protocol (PPP). A form of serial line data encapsulation that is an improvement   over SLIP.
• IP -     Internet Protocol (IP). Except for ARP and RARP all protocols' data packets will be packaged into an IP data packet. Provides the mechanism to use software to address and manage data packets being sent to computers.
• ICMP - Internet control message protocol (ICMP) provides management and error reporting to help manage the process of sending data between computers.
• ARP - Address resolution protocol (ARP) enables the packaging of IP data into Ethernet packages. It is the system and messaging protocol that is used to find the Ethernet (hardware) address from a specific IP number. Without this protocol, the Ethernet package could not be generated from the IP package, because the Ethernet address could not be determined.
• TCP - A reliable connection oriented protocol used to control the management of application level services between computers.
• UDP - An unreliable connection less protocol used to control the management of application level services between computers.
• DNS - Domain Name Service, allows the network to determine IP addresses from names and vice versa.
• RARP - Reverse address resolution protocol (RARP) is used to allow a computer without a local permanent data storage media to determine its IP address from its ethernet address.
• BOOTP - Bootstrap protocol is used to assign an IP address to diskless computers and tell it what server and file to load which will provide it with an operating system.
• DHCP - Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) is a method of assigning and controlling the IP addresses of computers on a given network. It is a server based service that automatically assigns IP numbers when a computer boots. This way the IP address of a computer does not need to be assigned manually. This makes changing networks easier to manage. DHCP can perform all the functions of BOOTP.
• IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol used to support multicasting.
• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Used to manage all types of network elements based on various data sent and received.
• RIP - Routing Information Protocol (RIP), used to dynamically update router tables on WANs or the internet.
• OSPF - Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) dynamic routing protocol.
• BGP - Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). A dynamic router protocol to communicate between routers on different systems.
• CIDR - Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR).
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Allows file transfer between two computers with login required.
• TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). Allows file transfer between two computers with no login required. It is limited, and is intended for diskless stations.
• SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
• NFS - Network File System (NFS). A protocol that allows UNIX and Linux systems remotely mount each other's file systems.
• Telnet - A method of opening a user session on a remote host.
• Ping - A program that uses ICMP to send diagnostic messages to other computers to tell if they are reachable over the network.
• Rlogin - Remote login between UNIX hosts. This is outdated and is replaced by Telnet.
• WIFI/WIMAX Protocols
• Bluetooth protocol
• Fibre Channel network protocols
• Internet Protocol Suite or TCP/IP model or TCP/IP stack
• OSI protocols family of information exchange standards developed jointly by the ISO and the ITU-T
• Routing protocols
• List of IP protocol numbers, protocol numbers used in the Protocol field of the IPv4 header and the Next Header field of IPv6 header
• Yahoo! Messenger, underlying protocol used by the Yahoo messenger
• RTPS protocol, an interoperability protocol
• SSH       Secure Shell
• SMB      Server Message Block, one version of which was also known as CIFS (Common Internet File System)
• FTP           File Transfer Protocol
• SMTP       Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• TCP          Transmission Control Protocol
• Telnet        Telephone Network
• HTTP        Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• HTTPs      Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• POP          Post Office Protocol
• HTCPCP  Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
• MTP         Media Transfer Protocol
• SFTP        Secure File Transfer Protocol
• SSL          Secure Socket Layer
• TLS          Transport Layer Security
• E6             Ethernet globalization protocols
• NTP          Network time protocol
• PPP           Point to Point Protocol
• NNTP       Network News Transfer Protocol
• QOTD      Quote Of The Day
• IMAP        Internet Message Access Protocol
• Bitcoin Protocol   Protocol for Bitcoin transactions and transfers on the web