Ethernet *was* simple, with VLAN.. it isn't so simple anymore.. | Hacker News

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		renox on June 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let's code a TCP/IP stack (2016) Ethernet was simple, with VLAN.. it isn't so simple anymore..

eatonphil on June 28, 2021 [–]

I mean ethernet, the protocol. It just wraps packets with some headers and a checksum. Are you saying it gets more complex than that? (I haven't dug into ethernet much more deeply than I describe).

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