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Posted by Denis Jedig on February 2, 2007, 9:53 am
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On 2 Feb 2007 06:37:49 -0800 ksriram29@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a doubt on the under sized frame. The standard
> says that the minimum frame size is 64 bytes. What will
> happen if we send a frame of size less than 64 to a device?
According to the standard, it has to be dropped by the receiver. If you
have a managed switch, you will see it as "undersize" in RMON statistics.
> Lets take an example of ARP Request. I add a ARP
> packet inside a frame and make the frame size less
> than 64 bytes without any padding
> length=(ARP Packet size + Ethernet Header and Trailer)
> and send it to a device.
A frame less than 64 bytes in Length is not an Ethernet Frame. The standard
requires padding up to the minimum frame length, should header and payload
underrun the minimal frame length.
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Denis Jedig
syneticon networks GbR http://syneticon.net/service/
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