Which two fields are included in an Ethernet header?

Which two fields are included in an Ethernet header? (Choose two.)
A. source MAC address
B. destination IP address
C. payload
D. Ether Type
E. source IP address

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12 thoughts on “Which two fields are included in an Ethernet header?

  1. A+C

    An Ethernet frame is preceded by a preamble and start frame delimiter (SFD), which are both part of the Ethernet packet at the physical layer. Each Ethernet frame starts with an Ethernet header, which contains destination and source MAC addresses as its first two fields. The middle section of the frame is payload data including any headers for other protocols (for example, Internet Protocol) carried in the frame. The frame ends with a frame check sequence (FCS), which is a 32-bit cyclic redundancy check used to detect any in-transit corruption of data.

  2. The question is with “Ethernet Header”. The payload/data is not in the header but in the frame.
    So the good answer is A+D.

  3. Are you blind, even your answer with Wikipedia states it’s not A & C. It would be A & D.

    The header features destination and source MAC addresses (each six octets in length), the EtherType field and, optionally, an IEEE 802.1Q tag or IEEE 802.1ad tag.

    1. Are you mad? Why C??

      You go like “Preambule / Destination Adress / Source Adress / Type / DATA / FCS

      So A + C”

      You indicated a type in your explanation, but answered Payload????? You indicated TYPE, didn’t you?
      So why didn’t you select answer D?

    1. Payload means DATA! and it’s not either Header or Trailer. It’s just Payload, okay?
      One more time. Payload means Data from the layer above (Network Layer).

      Have a nice day!

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