The Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities,...
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The data link layer, or layer 2, is the second layer of the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking. This layer is the protocol layer that transfers...
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networking, the link layer is the lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite, the networking architecture of the Internet. The link layer is the group of...
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Inverse Neighbor Discovery (IND) protocol extension allows nodes to determine and advertise an IPv6 address corresponding to a given link-layer address, similar...
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Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary data link layer protocol developed by Cisco Systems in 1994 by Keith McCloghrie and Dino Farinacci. It...
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L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP-MED Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery MAC Media Access Control...
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Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) is a proprietary link layer protocol for network topology discovery and quality of service diagnostics. Microsoft...
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Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a communication protocol for discovering the link layer address, such as a MAC address, associated with a internet layer address...
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Time-Sensitive Networking (category Network protocols)
Ethernet switch announces this capability through the LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol). When a device receives such an LLDP announcement on a network...
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layers for a particular application forms a protocol stack. From lowest to highest, the layers are the link layer, containing communication methods for data...
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Lightweight Service Discovery (LSD), for mobile ad hoc networks Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) standards-based neighbor discovery protocol similar to vendor-specific...
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used in the link layer (layer 2 in the OSI model), such as Ethernet multicast, and at the internet layer (layer 3 for OSI) for Internet Protocol Version 4...
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The internet layer is a group of internetworking methods, protocols, and specifications in the Internet protocol suite that are used to transport network...
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In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery...
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The Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) is a network protocol based on the Internet protocol suite for advertisement and discovery of network services...
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OSI model (redirect from OSI seven-layer model)
Data-Link Interface (ODI) are interfaces between the media (layer 2) and the network protocol (layer 3). The table below presents a list of OSI layers, the...
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used to indicate which protocol is encapsulated in the payload of the frame and is used at the receiving end by the data link layer to determine how the...
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Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network, such as the Internet. The...
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The protocol was designed by David P. Reed in 1980 and formally defined in RFC 768. UDP is a simple message-oriented transport layer protocol that is...
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MTU discovery is used between endpoints, which makes it part of the Transport layer, instead of this layer. The following are examples of protocols operating...
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Manhattan Project) Media Endpoint Discovery, an enhancement of the Ethernet data communications Link Layer Discovery Protocol Multi-Exit Discriminator, a network...
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network-layer protocol; this makes it a layer 3 protocol in the seven-layer OSI model. Based on the four-layer TCP/IP model, ICMP is an internet-layer protocol...
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management for higher layer protocols. L2CAP is used to communicate over the host ACL link. Its connection is established after the ACL link has been set up...
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The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production...
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The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries...
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path MTU discovery, a technique called Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery works without support from ICMP. For IPv4 packets, Path MTU Discovery works...
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Medium access control (redirect from MAC layer)
address (a layer 3 or network layer concept) is resolved with the Address Resolution Protocol for IPv4, or by Neighbor Discovery Protocol (IPv6) into...
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The Discovery and Basic Configuration Protocol (DCP) is a protocol definition within the PROFINET context. It is a link layer based protocol to configure...
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a set of standards for network management, including an application layer protocol, a database schema, and a set of data objects. In typical uses of SNMP...
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Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE) RFC 3817 - Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Active Discovery Relay for PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) RFC 4638 - Accommodating...
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