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Exploring The Packet Delivery Process: Ethernet Lans

The document discusses packet delivery between hosts on an Ethernet LAN. It explains that layer 2 uses MAC addresses assigned to end devices, while layer 3 uses IP addresses. The host-to-host delivery process involves determining the destination device's MAC address using ARP if unknown, and switches learning and maintaining a table to map MAC addresses to switch ports for frame forwarding without altering layer 2 addresses.

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Exploring The Packet Delivery Process: Ethernet Lans

The document discusses packet delivery between hosts on an Ethernet LAN. It explains that layer 2 uses MAC addresses assigned to end devices, while layer 3 uses IP addresses. The host-to-host delivery process involves determining the destination device's MAC address using ARP if unknown, and switches learning and maintaining a table to map MAC addresses to switch ports for frame forwarding without altering layer 2 addresses.

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Exploring the

Packet Delivery
Process

Ethernet LANs

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Layer 2 Addressing

Uses MAC address


Assigned to end devices

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Layer 3 Addressing

Each NOS has its own Layer 3 address format.


OSI uses NSAP.
TCP/IP uses IP.

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (1 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (2 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (3 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (4 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (5 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (6 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (7 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (8 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (9 of 10)

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Host-to-Host Packet Delivery (10 of 10)

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Summary
Layer 2 addresses are MAC addresses.
Layer 3 addresses are IP addresses.
If the MAC address is not known, ARP is used to map Layer 2
to Layer 3.
Switches learn the MAC addressing to port mapping by
monitoring the source addresses of frames.
When a switch forwards a frame, it does not change the source
or destination Layer 2 address.

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