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More specifically, the Ethernet PHY is a chip that implements the hardware send and receive function of Ethernet Data frame|frames; it interfaces between the analog domain of Ethernet physical layer | Ethernet's line modulation and the digital domain of link-layer Media Independent Interface|packet signalling.[ Ссылка ] The PHY usually does not handle MAC addressing, as that is the data link layer|link layer's job

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