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Questions tagged [rfc1122]

This is one RFC of a pair that defines and discusses the requirements for Internet host software. This RFC covers the communications
protocol layers: link layer, IP layer, and transport layer; its
companion RFC-1123 covers the application and support protocols.

For the details of RFC1122 please refer to the official link.

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DIX vs 802.3 Link Layer explanation

My question pertains to DIX (Ethernet II) and Ethernet: what is the link layer difference, if any? I don't see the link layer in the standard lists, but when doing, for instance, a pcap capture I see that wireshark will frame them differently (I'm…
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Identify link layer type in python

Obviously we can easily sniff a network with a socket like: socket.socket(socket.PF_PACKET,socket.SOCK_RAW,socket.htons(0x0003) socket.recv(65535) I would like to identify the link layer address type while importing only socket and struct, but…
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