Sunday, October 25, 2020

Question about Layer 3 delivery on LAN/ethernet

My understanding is that in order for this to happen, the host or router must encapsulate a layer 3 packet in a layer 2 packet with the MAC address of the layer 2 destination (correct me if am wrong).

Does that essentially mean that the overall layer 3 has been modified or changed when transmitted on ethernet?

I am trying properly understand this, but I keep coming across conflicting information so I figured I would ask on here.



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