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Day 25. Explain the Technology and Media Access Control Method for Ethernet Technologies

Ethernet media access control (MAC) defines how a transmission is prepared for the physical media. In addition, MAC defines when a device can transmit over the wire. A network device also uses the Ethernet protocol to decipher transmissions it receives. Chapter 3 of CCNA Discovery 1 introduces the media access control method for Ethernet technologies.

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