which address does a nic use when deciding whether to accept a frame?

A NIC (Network Interface Card) is a device that allows computers to connect to networks. A common use for NICs is allowing your computer to access the Internet or local network. However, when deciding whether or not to accept a frame from another node on the network, which address does the NIC use?

A NIC uses the MAC address to decide whether or not to accept a frame. A MAC address is assigned by the manufacturer and unique only for that device. The first three bytes of its six-byte hexadecimal representation are always 12:34:56, where each pair represents two digits in positions 00 through 11 on opposite sides of the colon (e.g., 50 : 56). As such, all devices with matching prefixes will be rejected as incompatible even if they have different manufacturers and models from one another. Devices with identical prefixes can still be differentiated because their fourth byte contains their individual serial numbers within the same organization’s range; e.g., 01 : 02 versus 04 : 05 .

If you’re not sure whether your NIC will accept a frame, you can ping the destination host with an ICMP echo request.

There are other ways to tell if a device is configured correctly and ready for traffic:

Ethernet: Look for lights on the front of the Ethernet switch; they should be solid or blinking green, indicating normal operation. If there’s no light at all it may indicate that power has been disconnected from the port (i.e., “unplugged”). You might also see status indications such as flashing yellow/amber which indicates errors–typically via several ports simultaneously–or orange which means that one or more ports are in standby mode waiting to come online when needed by network activity. Additionally, most switches have their own front display screens which provide information on the status of ports.

Wireless: Look for a blinking LED indicator light and/or an “Internet” wireless connection icon on your device’s screen indicating that there is a signal present from at least one network to which you have access. If there isn’t any connectivity, it may indicate interference (e.g., by other active networks) or an issue with router configuration–either of these could be easily fixed by changing channels or refreshing the settings in your home network management software respectively. Alternatively, if all lights are off then try unplugging power cables from both ends of the devices (router and client) as well as plugging them back in after 30 seconds; this will often briefly reset the Ethernet bridge and allow it to reassociate with a new link partner.

Direct: Turn on your computer or mobile device, log in to your home network management software, find the wireless settings for your router (which may be labeled as “Wireless” or “Internet Connections”) then click on one of the available networks (e.g., “Chilliwack-Guest”). Next make sure that you’re connected by giving it a try–try accessing an Internet page such as Google’s homepage or Yahoo! News from a browser window if not already open; this will tell you whether there is any connectivity present between your device and the network. If successful, verify its legitimacy by seeing if these pages are loading quickly enough for you to read or watch videos.

If you’re not able to access the Internet from your device, make sure that any devices on this network are turned off and/or disconnected; also try turning them back on one by one until you find out which is causing the issue. If it’s a router-related problem (e.g., if you’re unable to wirelessly connect with other networks), check for firmware updates and apply them as necessary–this may help resolve issues related to wireless connections in general such as slower speeds when connecting with an Ethernet cable versus via Wi-Fi extender, etcetera.)

Paragraph: In order for a nic to decide whether they should accept a frame coming over their link partner connection, they need to know the address of that frame.

The nic should: check if it’s a multicast group, broadcast, or unicast packet; and then compare its destination address with all those addresses they can use for outgoing frames. If there is an exact match in both directions–the incoming and outgoing frame have exactly the same source-destination IP pair–then the nic will accept this frame. Otherwise, it settles on a random decision based on various parameters like what type of error occurred (e.g., duplicate address detection), how many packets are pending transmission from other groups, etcetera.)

Paragraph: In order for a nic to decide whether they should accept a frame coming over their link partner connection, they have to compare their own destination IP address with the packet’s. If there is an exact match in both directions, then they will accept this frame; otherwise, they settle on a random decision based on various parameters like what type of error occurred (e.g., duplicate address detection), how many packets are pending transmission from other groups, etcetera.)

Paragraph: Of course because it can be tough for the nic to always keep track of which addresses it should use when sending frames outbound and receive incoming ones at any time due to changes in network topology or link state-notable events such as adding/removing connections or changing router links-, NICs typically cache these decisions so that unless something has changed since last time they can make a quick decision.

Paragraph: This cache is called the ARP table. It contains entries for all of the addresses that might be on either side of an Ethernet link and every entry has two fields: one for each address, which should match in order to accept frames sent from one address to another; and a time-to-live (TTL), how long it will take before this entry expires if no traffic arrives or departs during that interval with any destination matching its key field.

“So NICs have these caches? Wow I didn’t know!” “It’s because they can go down faster than you think.”

This sentence could use more work/more research into what nic caching means exactly, but it sounds like a valid argument.

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