Multiple choice technology architecture

Which layer translates between physical (MAC) and logical addresses?

  1. network

  2. data link

  3. transport

  4. physical

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Explanation

The network layer (Layer 3) translates between physical (MAC) addresses used for local delivery and logical (IP) addresses used for routing across networks. Protocols like ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) operate here to map IP addresses to MAC addresses for delivery on the local network segment.