In the enterprise, data link protocols provide functions such as finding a path and managing parallel paths. In LANs, the most common kind of learning is finding a path through a set of network ...

Fig. 3: The ultra Ethernet stack includes transport and network layers, with the transport layer being mandatory. So far, the network layer employs IP with no changes. The data-link and physical ...

Mapping Linux Networking to the OSI Model In Linux, networking components map to various layers of the OSI model: Physical and Data Link Layers: Handled by network interfaces and device drivers.