Assume that source S and destination D are connected though two intermediate routers labels R. Determine how many times each packet has to visit the network layer and the data link layer during a transmission form S to D.
A
Network layer -4 times and Data link layer -3 times
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B
Network layer -4 times and Data link layer -4 times
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C
Network layer -2 times and Data link layer -6 times
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D
Network layer -4 times and Data link layer -6 times
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Solution
The correct option is D Network layer -4 times and Data link layer -6 times In the layered architecture sender and receiver uses all the 5 layers and router do processing upto the network layer.
So network layer is visited 4 times and data link layer is visited 6 times.