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Network switches provide essential connectivity in local and wide area networks. Some of them run in multilayer between layers 2 and 3. What protocol unit is being used in layer 2?

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Answer: Frame

Explanation: Data link layer is the Layer 2 of the architecture which has the frame protocol unit that contains header of the data packet and it functions for transmission .

The framing activity is referred for connecting two operating system in the form of point to point among the nodes It consist of sequence of bits .The frame unit is transferred into the physical layer by the means of hardware.

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