Suppose host A has booted up successfully and has acquired the minimum essential network configuration on the active network interface.

Suppose host A has booted up successfully and has acquired the minimum essential network configuration on the active network interface. A user has started an application on host A, which is to send a UDP Packet to an application on Server 1 at the host name server1.xyz.com. Assume all relevant caches are empty.

a) List all steps Host A must take prior to sending the application message to Server 1.

b) When the application message is received at the link layer interface on Server1, what steps does the network stack on the host take to deliver the message to the application process on Server1?