The Data Link Layer is one of my favorite layers of the OSI Model. ... Understanding how these and other Layer 2 protocols work is an important part of your education as a network engineer.

The protocols are used by the Data Link Layer include: ARP, CSLIP, HDLC, IEEE.802.3, PPP, X-25, SLIP, ATM, SDLS and PLIP. Layer 3, the Network Layer. This is the most important layer of the OSI model, ...

Understanding Protocols and the OSI Network Model. ... (IEEE) world, the 802.2 standard breaks the Data Link layer into sublayers, called the Media Access Control (MAC) and Logical ...

Data Link protocols play a vital role in the drive toward Open Systems Interconnection (OSI). Constituting Layer 2 of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Reference Model, these procedure ...

I was reading a murder mystery yesterday where a critical plot point was that the villain's MAC address was captured in Apache logs. That appears to be nonsense: IP address yes, MAC, no. He was ...

The third layer of the OSI Model, the network layer, is where most network engineers focus their time and expertise. As Darragh commented in my post on the data link layer , Layer 2 is cool but ...