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Link Layer Address Handling

doc/connectivity/networking/api/net_linkaddr.rst

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Link Layer Address Handling ###########################

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Overview


The link layer addresses are set for network interfaces so that L2 connectivity works correctly in the network stack. Typically the link layer addresses are 6 bytes long like in Ethernet but for IEEE 802.15.4 the link layer address length is 8 bytes.

API Reference


.. doxygengroup:: net_linkaddr