The software system -- PortLand -- is a fault-tolerant, layer 2 data center network fabric capable of scaling to 100,000 nodes and beyond. Skip to main content Your source for the latest research news ...

Data link layer LAN architecture comes from Project 802 of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), whose 802.1 committee deals with architecture while the 802.2 committee ...

The third layer of the OSI Model, the network layer, is where most network engineers focus their time and expertise. As Darragh commented in my post on the data link layer , Layer 2 is cool but ...

In networking and communications, the formats, codes and procedures for transmitting a unit of data (frame, packet) from one node to another. Known as a "layer 2 protocol," the data link protocol ...

What does protocol data unit actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related ... data transmitted over the data link layer (layer 2) in a communications network.