NETWORK LAYER
NETWORK LAYER PROTOCOLS
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destination MAC address
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destination IP address
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destination port number
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source MAC address
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which logical address is used for delivery of data to a remote network? The destination IP address is used for end-to-end delivery of data to a remote network. The destination MAC address is used for delivery on a local network.
Detailed explanation-2: -Logical address is used to reference to access the physical memory location. A logical address is generated so that a user program never directly access the physical memory and the process donot occupies memory which is acquired by another process thus corrupting that process.
Detailed explanation-3: -The IP address, or network address, is known as a logical address because it is assigned logically. It is assigned to each host by a network administrator based on the local network that the host is connected to. The figure demonstrates the hierarchical nature of locating an individual based on a “logical” address.
Detailed explanation-4: -IP Address (Internet Protocol address): Also, known as the Logical Address, is the network address of the system across the network. To identify each device in the world-wide-web, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigns IPV4 (Version 4) address as a unique identifier for each device on the Internet.