An Ethernet frame that is less than the IEEE 802.3 minimum length of 64 octets…
2017
An Ethernet frame that is less than the IEEE 802.3 minimum length of 64 octets is called
- A.
Short frame
- B.
Small frame
- C.
Mini frame
- D.
Runt frame
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Correct answer: D
According to IEEE 802.3 standards, the minimum Ethernet frame size is 64 octets to support collision detection on half-duplex networks. Frames smaller than this minimum length are known as runt frames and are typically discarded by network interfaces.
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