Chapter 2. Link Layer

Chapter 2. Link Layer

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Ethernet and IEEE 802 Encapsulation

2.3 Trailer Encapsulation

2.4 SLIP: Serial Line IP

2.5 Compressed SLIP

2.6 PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol

2.7 Loopback Interface

2.8 MTU

2.9 Path MTU

2.10 Serial Line Throughput Calculations

2.11 Summary

Exercises