DATA LINK LAYER WIRED NETWORKS
WIRED LANS ETHERNET PROTOCOL
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Question
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An Ethernet ____ frame is received and processed by a devices on the Ethernet LAN that belong to the same group.
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Unicast
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Multicast
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Broadcast
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Anycast
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ethernet. Ethernet frames with a value of 1 in the least-significant bit of the first octet of the destination address are treated as multicast frames and are flooded to all points on the network. This mechanism constitutes multicast at the data link layer.
Detailed explanation-2: -FFFF (all binary ones). The switch will flood broadcast frames out of all ports except the port that it was received on.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ethernet technology relies on MAC addresses to function. MAC addresses are used to identify the frame source and destination.
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