As far as I know flow control is one of the functions of many data link
layer protocols, besides framing, error correction, sync and control.
""Rick Holden"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch
> with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 100 starts sending data to the 10
> how does the sending station keep from overflowing the buffer on the
switch
> since there in now flow control at layer 2?
>
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