The Physical layer (Layer 1) handles the transmission of raw bits across the medium. This includes establishing and describing electrical or optical signaling characteristics-such as voltage levels, timing, and other physical media specifications. Tasks like negotiating session authentication occur in the Session layer, choosing IP routes is a Network layer function, and segmenting data with TCP ports happens at the Transport layer.
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