COMPUTER NETWORKING

NETWORK LAYER

NETWORK LAYER PROTOCOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
At which layer of the OSI model would a physical address be encapsulated?
A
physical layer
B
data link layer
C
network layer
D
transport layer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Physical addresses are encapsulated at the data link layer. Port addresses are encapsulated at the transport layer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Now at the data link layer, the received data (packets) are placed on the transmission medium of the network, whether wired or wireless. The data link layer encapsulates the packets with a media access address (MAC) in a frame form.

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