Howard Hudson - Week 3 - IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Frame Standard

Similar to the Ethernet cable, the Ethernet frame has evolved thanks to a focused effort to develop the IEEE 802.3 standard. There were four frame types created (five if you count Ethernet version 1).

The standards included Ethernet II (also known as Ethernet 2 and Ethernet DIX), IEEE 802.3, EEE 802.3 + IEEE 802.2 LLC, and IEEE 802 SNAP. However, at the end of the day Ethernet II prevailed.

Unfortunately, there are a few points of confusion still floating around the internet regarding the IEEE 802.3 standard because it is not Ethernet per say...it is the IEEE standard.  The first is the structure of the “preamble” and “start of frame”. Second, whether “type”, “length”, or both are used. The third is the use of the “Pad” field. Then again, the Ethernet frame and IEEE 802.3 frame are relatively interchangeable at this point (at the casual conversation level). The Frame table below is the result of weeding through numerous resources.


Frame



 7    +    1
6
6
2
46-1500
4
Preamble
Start of Frame
Destination Address
Source Address
Length / Type
Data
Pad
(A Pad is added if data field less than 46)
Frame Check Sequence



Ethernet frame and IEEE 802.3 frame



Ethernet frame and IEEE 802.3 frame 1



  

Resources

http://www.ieee802.org/3/






















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