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HDLC frame type

HDLC Encapsulation Protocol

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Asad Ijaz 3 Comments

Earlier in the previous article, I have discussed that HDLC is the default encapsulation protocol type on point-to-point connections, dedicated links, and circuit-switched links when the link uses two Cisco devices. It is a synchronous Data Link layer bit-oriented protocol originally developed from the Synchronous Data Link Protocol (SDLC) and became standardized by ISO as… Read more

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WAN Encapsulation Protocol

WAN Encapsulation Protocols

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Asad Ijaz 3 Comments

The network layer passes the data to the data link layer for transmission over the physical layer. The Data Link layer creates frames by adding the necessary checks and controls around the Network layer data. The encapsulation on a router serial interface must be configured to guarantee the correct encapsulation method is used. Different WAN… Read more

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