Data Link Management
This chapter describes the support provided by the data link layer. This layer is responsible for providing node-to-node communications within a single local network. In other words, the layer manages control and flow of data between each of the nodes of a network. The two relevant operations here are addressing, where each node or station is assigned a unique address so that they can recognize each other, and translation, where messages arriving from one layer (upper or lower) are converted to messages the opposite layer can understand.
What is the Job of the Data Link Layer?
The previous chapter covered a few of the basic networking technologies available and the methods used for transferring data between nodes ...
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