Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780133594140
Author: James Kurose, Keith Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem R8RQ

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Ethernet frame:

  • Ethernet link contains data unit that used to transport Ethernet frame as its payload. The size of the Ethernet frame consists of 1500 octets.
  • It is preceded with the preamble, start of frame delimiter, this both are part of the Ethernet packet on the physical layer.
  • Every Ethernet frame the first two fields contain the Ethernet header that contains source and destination MAC addresses.
  • The payload is in the middle section that include any header for other protocols carried in the frame.
  • Finally the frame close with the frame check sequence that contains 32 bit cyclic redundancy check.

IEEE 802.11:

  • IEEE 802.11 stands for wireless LAN that was ratified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering...

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