Q: LAN Broadcasts
To answer some #CCNA questions, you need to think like a network analyzer (e.g., Wireshark). What values sit in the headers of an Ethernet frame or IP packet? In this next sample question, you’ll get a chance to think about the Ethernet header for a LAN broadcast.
The Question
Which answers are accurate about a LAN broadcast frame sent by host A?
A) The Source MAC is the Broadcast Address (but the Destination MAC is not)
B) The Destination MAC is the Broadcast Address (but the Source MAC is not)
C) Both the MAC Addresses are the Broadcast Address
D) The Type field is the Broadcast Type value
Figure 1: Figure Reference
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B) The Destination MAC is the Broadcast Address (but the Source MAC is not)
The answer is B!!!
B is the right one because Host A send a packet to broadcast destination 255.255.255.255 to the whole devices in the same LAN,
A is not correct becuz the source shoud not be be broadcast address they send message and that msg contain specific IP address that include source IP address but Destination can be Broadcast or Unicast also Multicast addresses depend on Topology .
C we don’t have anything like that in networking .
for D I didn’t understand what it mean exactly but type field it could be unicast or multicast not only broadcast .
Ans is B as the Broadcast frame contrains the destination ethernet address as Broadcast address (FFFF.FFFF.FFFF) and source address as the MAC address of the device which is sending the frame.
B.
Answer is, B.
In the Ethernet frame, the Type field is not about broadcast or not, but, it defines the Type of protocol listed inside the frame, which is nowadays most likely, IP version 4 (IPv4) or IP version 6 (IPv6). So the choice D, is knocked off. Choices A, and, C, simply knocked off as the definition of broadcast address, is only for destination mac-address, not for source address ever.
B) The Destination MAC is the Broadcast Address (but the Source MAC is not)