Describe three functions performed by the MAC controller unit at the LLC sublayer of the Data Link layer.
What will be an ideal response?
Initiating the communications link between two nodes.
Working to ensure the communications link is not broken and remains reliable after it is established.
Ensuring that both NICs on the communicating nodes wait 9.6 microseconds between receipt of a frame and subsequent transmission of another frame, to provide a small pause or idle period, which allows each NIC to properly switch between receive and transmit modes.
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Given the following two sets of numbers, what is the union of the two sets? 1, 6, 98, 125, 126, 127, 250 1, 9, 98, 127, 250, 255, 260, 261
a. 6, 125, 126 b. 9, 255, 260, 261 c. 1, 98, 127, 250 d. 1, 6, 9, 98, 125, 126, 127, 250, 255, 260, 261