Questions tagged [layer2]
For questions about the OSI layer-2 (data-link layer).
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What's the LAG interface period be if the two switches have different periods set
Considering a LAG interface between two devices A and B, A is configured to have LACP fast transmission and B to be LACP slow what would be the resulting aggregate interface's period be?
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Is a “LAN” a layer 2 or a layer 3 concept, in TCP/IP?
I think my question is purely theoretical and a matter of definitions; it derives from the fact that a L2-switch with VLAN capabilities is able to "create" different virtual LANs, and thus I am led to ...
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JunOS, access mode interface asks for a vlan
I'm kinda new to networking so I'm going to do my best to try explain my issue.
The issue that I have is that I want to delete all default configuration for my xe interface.
Current configuration:
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Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic with one cable
Hers the topology.
L2 switch
L3 switch
Router
There are 2 VLANs. One VLAN ends on the L3 switch 1 VLAN on the router.
Here is the question. Can i connect the L3 switch and the router with just 1 ...
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Bit stuffing and Error correction combined
If I understand correctly both error detection/correction and framing are done at the link layer. I understand how popular error detection/correction and framing techniques work. But I struggle with ...
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What are neighboring ports?
I know this is as basic as it gets but I can't find a direct answer to this question.
Are they ports on two different switches (or routers) that are connected by a cable?
Are they the ports ...
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Flooding vs Unknown Unicast Flooding
Can someone clarify what is the difference between Flooding and Unknown Unicast Flooding?
Is it the same thing or it contains different meaning?
I'm aware that Flooding happens when a switch ...
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Difference between Giant Frame and Jumbo Frame
Can someone enlighten me the difference between Giant Frame and Jumbo Frame?
From what I hear, Giant frame is a frame with the size greater than 1518 Bytes excluding Preamble, Frame Delimiter and ...
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Collision domain question
I'm studying for my CCENT exam, and not quite sure why the book (official Cisco) says that there are 5 collision domains in this example. Isn't it supposed to be 4? The hub on the left, the hub in the ...
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What precisely is a link?
When reading about layer 2 the word "link" is frequently used but strangely I'm struggling to find a formal definition of it. What is the precise definition of a link?
So in the image below, how many ...
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DHCP Layer 2 and Layer 3 [duplicate]
I am having a difficult time to visualize the conceptions of DHCP Discover message in order to receive an IP address sends out a broadcast at both layer 2 and layer 3.
Can someone care to explain?
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Wireshark remote hosts
I configured a rip network. I connected two PCS to router 1, router 1 is connected to router 2 and PC 3 is connected to router 2. When I pinged PC 3 and looked at this in wireshark, in the source it ...
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sequence number layer 4 vs sequence number LLC layer 2
I had read about TCP in layer 4 where sequence number and acknowledgment numbers were assigned to each segment so that each side of the connection could keep track of the process of sending/receiving ...
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Please help me understand this simple arp request / reply - how does a router know an IP address without knowing the MAC address?
I am new to networking, I am using Wireshark on my home PC to learn about ARP. I understand that ARP is used to build the ARP cache, which correlates IP addresses to MAC addresses on a LAN. ARP ...
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How does ethernet understand what is the upper layer? What are the values in Ethernet II field?
How does ethernet understand what is the upper layer of a frame? What are the values in Ethernet II field?
Ethernet is in data link layer, so the upper layer is network layer.
When processing at ...
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MAC Table vs ARP
I understand that for a switch to learn a MAC address, if host A wanted to send data to Host B the switch learns host A MAC and places it in the MAC table. If it doesn't know where the MAC (for Host B)...
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Dhcp Broadcast Through Switches
Think of a pc connected to switch1. Sw1 is connected to sw2(trunk port on both switches) and sw2 is connected to a router(dhcp server). Pc sends a dhcp broadcast. Does sw1 passes the broadcast through ...
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Does the PHY signal interframe gap to the MAC?
I'm trying to decode an Ethernet II frame with type instead of length indication. Theoretically this should be done by receiving and storing the data between start of frame and interframe gap. However ...
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DHCP Broadcast on SVI
Think of a dhcp broadcast going through multiple switches. What happens to that broadcast when it reaches the vlan interface (svi)?
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Is it possible to perform a Layer 2 (MAC address) traceroute?
I understand the difference between layer2 & layer3 and MAC & IP. I understand address resolution protocol, etc. But is there any way to do a traceroute that will show Layer 2 information? For ...
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Does a router send frames or packets?
Perhaps it's a novice question, but does a router send/receive frames?
When I read about this subject, it seems that routers decapsulate the frame on arrival, and encapsulate the packet in a frame in ...
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Is it worth the effort to split up in layer 3 with point to point links? [closed]
I have this technical question.
With my family we have a little business. I got to provide internet access to three places, separated a few hundred meters each other. I need to allow to watch the ...
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Nexus 3172T MTU
I am attempting to set the L3 mtu on a Nexus port.
The mtu option is only available if I set "no switchport" which then prevents me configuring VLAN related settings.
Am I missing something obvious? ...
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How can subnets not fulfil symmetric property?
While studying Internet Protocol, I came upon the following example of two devices:
Device A:
IP address: 10.1.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
and
Device B:
IP address 10.1.1.200
Subnet mask 255....
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How to connect a special device in a network
I have a question which is puzzling me.
I have a couple of custom electronic devices (are identical, one is a master and the other is a slave) which implement only up to level 2 of the ISO/OSI layer, ...
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How does STP convergence work?
Consider the IEEE 802.1D (first revision) Spanning Tree Protocol. I have read a lot of articles and forum entries about STP convergence. Often I do find contradictions about the convergence mechanics. ...
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Firewall on a stick for Intranet and static routing
I have a question about possible problems that can occur with this network design.
If I have an intranet with a firewall on a stick design, multiple switches with layer 2+, is this setup fine? or ...
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Help with small office setup - Cisco SG350 28 port switch
I have very limited knowledge in Cisco IOS but in a crucial state to setup up a small office network. I have bought 2 Cisco SG350 28 port Layer 3 switch,
Switches should be enabled with VLAN and VTP.
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L2 / L3 on CISCO ASR
I am new to CISCO and have the following problem:
I have 3 routers. Between these only one physical connection.
The VLAN 100 is connected to R1 and R2.
The VLAN 200 is connected to R1, R2 and R3.
The ...
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Why do I see “ethernet” keyword in my wlan0? [closed]
When I check my wireless network card interface with the command ifconfig wlan0:
ether -my-mac-adress- (Ethernet)
I just started to learn this stuff, but I thought Wifi and Ethernet are kind of ...
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Do layer 3 protocols use layer 2 protocols?
I saw the STP on layer 2. The guy that made the tutorial says at the end :
Even though it seems that Layer 2 access layer solutions are slowly
being replaced by blazing fast Layer 3 solutions.
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Spanning Tree on the interface that resides at end users
I do not understand why we use portfast and in fact STP on the interface of a switch that is directly connected to end users. Indeed, a user can interfere with the STP election and perform DDoS (that ...
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How the packet is routed between two host from same sub-net and associated with same AP?
Given host 'A' and 'B' have IP 10.10.0.5 and 10.10.0.8 respectively, the sub-net mask for both are 255.255.255.0, both 'A' and 'B' are associated and connected to the same AP, and the AP is connected ...
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Counting the Number of re-transmission for a single UDP packet transmission in IEEE 802.11?
I was working with a client-server project based on UDP and 802.11 as a link and physical layer. There, the client was trying to probe some packets in the wireless channel to gauge channel condition. ...
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How is the Groupwise Transient Key used in WiFi networks?
In Wifi WPA, I understand that during association, a 802.11 client and AP negotiate a Pairwise Transient Key (PTK), using which the Groupwise Transient Key(GTK) is provided to the station.
I ...
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Does WiFi broadcast traffic from a station go through the access point?
Let's say I've got two devices connected to my Access Point, a laptop and a tablet. If the laptop sends unicast traffic to the tablet, I understand that it must go through the AP.
However, how is ...
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How to understand the rectangle shape wave? [closed]
I am read a tutorial:
there is example, says the source signal waveform like this.
I can not understand this, because I did not laid eyes on the rectangle shape wave. who can explain to me?
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Is the analog signal or digital signal inside the twisted pair? [duplicate]
Is the analog signal or digital signal inside the twisted pair?
In our network, the twisted pair linked to Switch and Hosts.
I want to know the twisted pair's signal is analog signal or digital ...
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Can Multicasting be duplicated by broadcasting on a subnet?
Is there any functional difference between:
A) Broadcasting to a range of addresses
B) Putting the range of addresses into a subnet and broadcasting to that subnet
Would it matter if there was a ...
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Layer 2 error correction
How are acknowledgement sent at data link layer to the sender when crc of frame is incorrect?
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BGP with x2 sessions and x2 L3 VLANs - Please Explain
I am learning about Cisco BGP networking now and came across an interesting situation. In my examples, there was one which suggested that two VLANs were configured on Layer 3 in order to run two BGP ...
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Layer 3 switch model 3950 encapsulation
How to ensure trunk link in the switch are using dot1q encapsulation, when dtp (dynamic trunking protocol) is enable along with vtp.
I know when manually setting trunk links, you can force the trunk ...
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Protocol Identification
At the data link layer, many protocols run simultaneously, or one after other, right? my question is how date link layer knows about which layer 2 protocol to run and at which sublayer?
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Why do clients request a MAC via ARP, if the router knows the local LAN's MAC addresses already?
If I have an infrastructure type network, why does a local PC send out an ARP request for a MAC? Doesn't the router know the MAC addresses already, since it is using at least Layer 2?
Does it do ...
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Can Ethernet II frame's Type be Layer1's or Layer4's protocol?
The Ethernet II frame's Type field can be IPv4, ARP, so it can be Layer2 and Layer3's protocol.
This is a snapshot of frame captured by WireShark.
But I have a question, whether it can be other ...
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Connecting Layer 2 switchport to layer 3 port
I have a config that I am trying to bring up, and in my mind it should work, but perhaps I am missing something.
The idea is that one end of the link is a layer 3 interface on a router. The other end ...
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Layer 2 Routing between subnets and VLANS [closed]
I am studying for my Networking exam and from what I have pieced together from other posts on here is this. Please correct me if I'm wrong:
Layer 2 switches can only route packets between different ...
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Separate network for test systems
I often read that you should put customer machines into a separate (testing) network like a DMZ.
Is a layer 3 device (switch/router + firewall) a good option for this? Since some ports need to be ...
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Why is RTS/CTS optional for IEEE 802.11?
In wikipedia it is stated:
Request to Send (RTS) frame: The RTS and CTS frames provide an optional collision reduction scheme for access points with hidden stations. A station sends a RTS frame as ...
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Slotted Aloha Protocol divides up time into slots, each slot corresponding to one frame. Is this same TDM?
Slotted Aloha Protocol divides up time into slots, each slot corresponding to one frame. Is this the same as Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)?
