2-1-Link Layer Addressing-V4

Computer Networks
Link Layer - Services and

Addressing
S.V.Jansi Rani
Associate Professor / CSE
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Agenda
Introduction to Link Layer
Link, nodes, services , point ot point and
broadcast links
Link Layer Addressing

Three types of addressing, ARP protocol
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S.V.JANSI RANI/Assoc Prof /CSE/SSNCE
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INTRODUCTION
The Internet is a combination of networks glued

together by connecting devices (routers or
switches). If a packet is to travel from a host to
another host, it needs to pass through these
networks.
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9.4
Communication at the data-link layer
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9.5
Nodes and Links
- Node-to-node
- Data unit from one point in the Internet needs to
pass through many networks (LANs and WANs) to
reach another point.
- LANs and WANs are connected by routers.
- It is customary to refer to the two end hosts and the
routers as nodes and the networks in between as links.
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9.6
Nodes and Links
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9.7
Services
• The data-link layer is located between the physical

and the network layers
• Encapsulate datagram/packet in a frame and
decapsulate the datagram /packet from the frame -
Analogy
• Framing
• Flow Control - Producer -Consumer
• Error Control
• Congestion Control - sometimes in WAN
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9.8
A communication with only three nodes
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9.9
Two Categories of Links
Data-link layer controls how the medium is used
Point-to-point link or a broadcast link
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9.10
Two Sublayers
Data Link Control (DLC) and media access control

(MAC)
Media access control (MAC) -specific to broadcast

link
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9.11
Dividing the data-link layer into two sublayers
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9.12
LINK-LAYER ADDRESSING
• The source and destination IP addresses define the

two ends but cannot define which links the packet
should pass through.
• Link Layer address / MAC Address/ Hardware
Address /Physical Address
• Encapsulated in a frame and two data-link addresses
are added to the frame header
• These two addresses are changed every time the
frame moves from one link to another.
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9.13
Ld,Ls,Ns,Nd
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IP addresses and link-layer addresses in a small internet
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9.15
More....?
• If the IP address of a router does not appear in any
datagram sent from a source to a destination, why do we
need to assign IP addresses to routers?
• Why do we need more than one IP address in a router, one
for each interface?
• How are the source and destination IP addresses in a
packet determined?
• How are the source and destination link-layer addresses
determined for each link?
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Three Types of addresses
Some link-layer protocols define three types of

addresses:
Unicast
Multicast
Broadcast
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9.17
Example
Unicast link-layer addresses in the most common LAN,
Ethernet, are 48 bits (six bytes) that are presented as 12
hexadecimal digits separated by colons; for example, the
following is a link-layer address of a computer.
LSB of first byte should be 0.
A2:34:45:11:92:F1
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9.18
Example
Multicast link-layer addresses in the most common LAN,
Ethernet, are 48 bits (six bytes) that are presented as 12
hexadecimal digits separated by colons. LSB of first byte
should be 1.
A3:34:45:11:92:F1
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9.19
Example
Broadcast link-layer addresses in the most common LAN,
Ethernet, are 48 bits, all 1s, that are presented as 12
hexadecimal digits separated by colons. The following
shows a broadcast address:
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9.20
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Anytime a node has an IP datagram to send to another

node in a link, it has the IP address of the receiving
node. However, the IP address of the next node is not
helpful in moving a frame through a link; we need the
link-layer address of the next node. This is the time
when the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
becomes helpful.
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9.21
Position of ARP in TCP/IP protocol suite
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9.22
ARP operation
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9.23
• Instead of sending one broadcast frame (ARP request), one
unicast frame (ARP response), and another unicast frame
(for sending the datagram), system A can encapsulate the
datagram and send it to the network. System B receives it
and keep it; other systems discard it.
• Eg: 20 systems. A to B. 180 frames , 18 frames
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ARP packet
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9.25
Example
A host with IP address N1 and MAC address L1 has a
packet to send to another host with IP address N2 and
physical address L2 (which is unknown to the first host).
The two hosts are on the same network.
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9.26
Example 9.4
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9.27
The internet for our example
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9.28
Flow of packets at Alice site
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9.29
Flow of activities at router R1
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9.30
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9.31
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Outcome
Student should be able to
• Understand about link, nodes, point to point and broadcast
links
• Services of Data Link Layer
• Demonstrate the different addressing of link layer
• Explalin how ARP works
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Test Your Understanding
• A message transfers from A to B via, R1,R2,R3. During
intial configuration when R2 sends ARP request, what is link
layer address of R3? ______________
• List out the functions of link layer __________,
_____,_________
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THANK YOU
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Computer Networks

Link Layer - Services and

Link Layer Addressing

The Internet is a combination of networks glued

• The data-link layer is located between the physical

Data-link layer controls how the medium is used

Point-to-point link or a broadcast link

Data Link Control (DLC) and media access control

Media access control (MAC) -specific to broadcast

• The source and destination IP addresses define the

Some link-layer protocols define three types of

Anytime a node has an IP datagram to send to another

• Services of Data Link Layer

• Demonstrate the different addressing of link layer

• Explalin how ARP works

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