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Some books quote the maximum size of an Ethernet frame as 1522 bytes instead of
1500 bytes. Are they wrong? Explain your answer.
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Minimum payload length=46 bytes

maximum payload length=1500 bytes

Minimum frame length=64 bytes

Maximum frame length=1518 bytes
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The payload is 1500 bytes, but when the destination address, source address, type/length, and checksum fields are counted,
plus the VLAN header, the total is indeed 1522. Prior to VLANs, the total was 1518.

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