Which of the following statements best describes communication between two devic

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Which of the following statements best describes communication between two devices on a LAN? A. The source device encapsulates data in a frame with the MAC address of the destination device, and then transmits it. Everyone on the LAN sees it, but the devices with non-matching addresses otherwise ignore the frame. B. The source encapsulates the data and places a destination MAC address in the frame. It puts the frame on the LAN, where only the device with the matching address can check the address field. C. The destination device encapsulates data in a frame with the MAC address of the source device, puts it on the LAN, and the device with the matching address removes the frame. D. Each device on the LAN receives the frame and passes it up to the computer, where software decides whether to keep or to discard the frame.

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A. The source device encapsulates data in a frame with the MAC address of the destination device, and then transmits it. Everyone on the LAN sees it, but the devices with non-matching addresses otherwise ignore the frame.

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