PP Presentation

• X.21 is like RS-232-C but uses a smaller set of wires (8 with a 15 pin connector) Control wires are mux’d. X.21 is used as the physical layer for X.25 protocol.
• It should be clear that there is advantage in removing the questions of physical layer interfaces from the higher-level aspects of networks.

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