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by packet_nerd 2333 days ago
L1 to L4 are just a shorthand way network engineers talk about:

  1. The physical connection and voltage/light levels
  2. Switching and MAC addresses
  3. Routing and IP addresses
  4. TCP/UDP and port numbers
Of course we know it's more complicated than that, but it's still a useful simplification.