Overview#
Link Layer is a
Communication Layers and conceptual division of methods in the layered
architecture of
protocols in the
network stack.
Link Layer within the
Internet Protocol Suite defines the networking methods within the scope of the
Local Area Network link on which hosts communicate without intervening
routers.
Link Layer includes the protocols used to describe the Local Area Network topology and the interfaces needed to effect transmission of Internet Layer datagrams to next-neighbor hosts.
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