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The most common data link layer protocol for wired connections is _____.

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The answer is Ethernet

Ethernet is by far the most popular LAN by a mile. It is a group of protocols that work at either the Data link layer or the Physical layer of the OSI model. Ethernet in the engineering world is defined as the IEEE 802.3 specification.