What flow control mechanism does ethernet uses?

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Datalink layer is basically responsible for 3 major functions -

Error detection/correction - CRC is used by ethernet
Collision detection - CSMA/CD is used by ethernet

But I couldn't find what flow control mechanism does ethernet protocol uses?

Ethernet flow control is poorly implemented and supported, and it does not have error correction. Flow control is mostly in the transport layer. — Ron Maupin, Sep 9 '20 at 13:58
Does that mean in standard home ethernet the entire responsibility of flow control is given to the transport layer? — Atharwa Adawdakar, Sep 10 '20 at 2:37
@AtharwaAdawdakar since 95-99% of home traffic is TCP, yes. And TCP has much better flow control than Ethernet. BTW, home networking is off topic here. — Ron Trunk, Sep 10 '20 at 13:03

Ron Trunk · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-09 14:15:51Z

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Ethernet has two methods:

answered Sep 9 '20 at 13:44

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