An organization uses one Ethernet and one Token Ring LAN. They wish to have these two LANs communicate with one another using a protocol conversion bridge rather than a router. Take a look at the MAC protocol and frame format for the Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) and the Token Ring (IEEE 802.5) LAN standards.

Explain how a bridge would allow the two networks to communicate. Please provide a diagram of the LAN and bridge setup to substantiate your answer and describe the modifications required to the MAC frames and their fields. Also describe how the MAC layer acknowledgements might be handled on each side of the bridge.

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A protocol conversion bridge allows two different LANs to communicate with each other by translating the data packets from one LANs protocol to the ot... View the full answer