Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

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Eh, it’s both. Ethernet is layer 2. It is your MAC address, more or less. There’s some functionality to it beyond simple hardware addressing, but it provides a scaffold for other, higher layer protocols to operate on top of.

So ethernet, in and of itself is a protocol, and it also provides a framework for other protocols like IP.

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Ah, that makes sense, thanks!

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