Monthly Archives: December 2009

From upper layer Place it into datagram Fragment the packets

Use hardware address Working to deliver frames May detect errors

Use the equipment To control the signaling Connecting the nodes

Many protocols Determine protocol rules At top of the stack

Translate for platforms Character sets are handled May do compression

Create persistence Applications not network Then close the session

Transmits with caution Manage virtual circuits Shares physical link

Share device status Can cross multiple networks Does host addressing

Transfers the data Helps handle the collisions For local network

The lowest level Electrical interface Will move the raw bits