Slight Differences in Format
nEhternet was developed by Xerox in the late 70’s and was so popular that it developed into the IEEE
802.3 standard.
nEthernet and 802.3 are very similar except for the LLC sublayer and one field in the header. The length field in 802.3 is used for packet type in Ethernet. The type field in 802.3 is contained in the 8 extra bytes of header of the LLC.
nThe IEEE 802.3 standard refers to a whole family of CSMA/CD systems that range from 1 to 10Mbps on various media.