Chapter 7, Problem R8RQ

Explanation of Solution

Ethernet frame:

• Ethernet link contains data unit that used to transport Ethernet frame as its payload. The size of the Ethernet frame consists of 1500 octets.
• It is preceded with the preamble, start of frame delimiter, this both are part of the Ethernet packet on the physical layer.
• Every Ethernet frame the first two fields contain the Ethernet header that contains source and destination MAC addresses.
• The payload is in the middle section that include any header for other protocols carried in the frame.
• Finally the frame close with the frame check sequence that contains 32 bit cyclic redundancy check.

IEEE 802.11:

• IEEE 802.11 stands for wireless LAN that was ratified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering...