Describe the functions of the OSI model's MAC sublayer.
What will be an ideal response?
The Media Access Control (MAC) creates and addresses the frame. It adds the NIC's own MAC address and attaches MAC addresses to the frames. Each frame the NIC creates must include both the sender's and recipient's MAC addresses. The MAC sublayer adds or checks the FCS. The MAC also ensures that the frames, now complete with their MAC addresses, are then sent along the network cabling.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. desktop B. laptop C. tablet D. subnotebook
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A. strcpy(str1, str2) B. strcmp(str1, str2) C. strncpy(str1, str2,n) D. strcat(str1, str2)
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A. signature detection B. anomaly detection C. known attacks detection D. pattern detection