The tortuous evolution of Ethernet over the period spanning its inception in 1973 to 1992 was only the beginning of a long history of technological expansion that brought Ethernet as far out as the ...

When discussing Ethernet data, the terms frame and packet are often used interchangeably. Frames and packets are the electronic containers that carry our data from point-to-point by navigating ...

Ethernet devices encapsulate data they want to transmit or receive into what are called “Ethernet frames.” The Ethernet frame (as defined by IEEE 802.3) is made of up a series of bits, each grouped ...

An Ethernet frame can be identified by the Length/Type field. If the value of the Length/Type field is equal to or greater than 1536 decimal, this value indicates the Type of the MAC Client ...

This would eliminate the need for more complex routers and gateways. So, over time, capabilities were added at the Ethernet level by modifying the original frame format. For example, tags (additional ...

While Ethernet II is the most common frame type, 802.2 LLC (Logical Link Control) and 802 SNAP (Subnetwork Access Protocol) are the two major remnants of this struggle that raged throughout the ...