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by piscesank Apr 30, 2004 last reply Jul 21, 2004

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What difference does it make to the network layer if the data link layer provides connection oriented versus connectionless service?

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The network layer needs to know how to encapsulate the data. Connection-less and connection-oriented require different encapsulation methods.

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