Error detection at data link level is achieved by using a Frame Check Sequence (FCS) method like Parity, Checksum Calculation or Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC).
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC).
Frame Check Sequence in Data Link Trailer
crc
Data Link Layer
Layer 2 - The Data Link Layer Layer 2 of the OSI model provides error-detection capability
support error detection =)
The Transport Layer and Data Layer can provide error detection and correction at the different levels of data transmission. Network layer can also correct errors if it detects them.
* addressing * error detection * frame delimiting
Data Link
Data link
to represent the frames sequence numberI believe this is wrong in the 5th edition....Network+ Guide to Networks on page57 it states that protocols in the data link layer add a header to the front of each packet and a trailer to the end of each packet to make frames. (The trailer indicates where a frame ends.)paragraph 4
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layer 4 is responsible of error free data transmission
Data link error control checks for error in each router and end-system, but transport layer error control checks for error only at the end-systems.
Data link layer transforms the physical layer and makes it appear error free. Data link layer is responsible for physical addressing. It has some other functions like error control, flow control and access control.