This seems like a trvial question, but I haven't been able to find an answer in my web searches. Since an Ethernet_II type Ethernet frame has a "type" field, as opposed to a "size" field of an 802.3 type frame, when the end station received a frame, how does it know when it has received the complete frame?
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Ethernet II Frame Type Question
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6. Proposed Ethernet Frame Extension
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+ Allow Ethernet II frames to have payloads greater than 1500 bytes.
There is no loss of information from 802.3/802.2 frames. Although
the 802.3 length field is missing, the frame length is known by
virtue of the frame being accepted by the network interface.
In this manner, all Ethernet II frames, including large 802.3
packets, can be longer than 1500 bytes, yet are uniquely identified.
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