frames/packets

[carl_townshend]

Can anyone tell me how the ip packet fits inside the the ethernet frame, has anyone got a link to a diagram ?

cheers

Carl

[mohammedmahmoud]

Hi,

The Data Field / Payload of the frame is the IP Packet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet

http://8help.osu.edu/wks/sysadm_course/html/sysadm-326.html

http://alevi.usc.edu/Html/datacom/sld024.htm

HTH,

Mohammed Mahmoud.

[carl_townshend]

can you explain this to me a little more ?

[mohammedmahmoud]

Hi Carl,

As illustrated in the diagrams above, the IP packet is simply inserted inside the datagram/payload field of the frame, in other words the IP packet is the payload of the frame, i.e the frame encapsulates the IP packet.

HTH,

Mohammed Mahmoud.