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Difference between layer 2 and layer 3 devices ?
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Answer / sonu
L-2 devices worked on mac address & L-3 devices worked on ip
address.
L-2 device more fast than the L-3 device.
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Answer / ramesh kumar
L2 devices( switches) work on mac add & LLC that prepares
frames for bit formation
and
L3 devices work on ip add that is routers.......which
perform routing decisions and logical addressing
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Answer / shesha kharvi
L2 devices( switches) work on mac add & LLC that prepares
frames for bit formation and switch understand only mac
address.
and
L3 devices work on ip add that is (routers).......which
perform routing decisions and logical addressing. router
understand only ip address.
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Answer / abhishek j sharma
l2 IS DATA LINK LAYER (SWITCHES)AND ONLY LEARNS THE MAC
ADDRESS (WHICH IS OF 48 BIT)
L3 IS NETWORK LAYER (ROUTERS) WORKS ON IP ADD (32 BIT) AND
ROUTES DATA USING BEST POSSIBLE PATH
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Answer / sneha
L2 devices (Switches , bridges) uses MAC address whereas L3
device (Router) uses IP address .
L2 devices sends data in the form of frames whereas L3
devices sends data in the form of packets.
L2 devices can't connect different networks like routers.
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layer 2 devices is works on the physical address which mac
address and it is individual for every nic.physical address
is mac address which is 48 bit address.and it works faster
than layer 3 devices.
layer 3 devices is works on the logical address which is IP
address of NIC and it is 32 address.
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Answer / guest
Layer-2 device(data link layer) is works on physical address mac (media acces control)it is tranfer the data physically address to phycally address which is 48 bit address.
layer-3(network layer) it is work on router and it is responsible search best route of path to transfer the data.
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