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What term is used to describe the port where a frame enters the device?
What term is used to describe the port where a frame enters the device?
- Switching
- Ingress (correct)
- Forwarding
- Egress
What is the primary intelligence of a LAN switch based on?
What is the primary intelligence of a LAN switch based on?
- Ingress port and destination MAC address (correct)
- Ingress port and source MAC address
- Source MAC address
- Destination IP address
How does a LAN switch forward traffic?
How does a LAN switch forward traffic?
- Based only on the destination MAC address
- Based on the ingress port and source MAC address
- Based on the ingress port and destination MAC address (correct)
- Based only on the source MAC address
What type of table does a LAN switch maintain?
What type of table does a LAN switch maintain?
What are switches made up of?
What are switches made up of?
What type of memory is used to store the MAC address table in a switch?
What type of memory is used to store the MAC address table in a switch?
How does a switch populate its MAC address table?
How does a switch populate its MAC address table?
What does a switch do if the destination MAC address is not in its MAC address table?
What does a switch do if the destination MAC address is not in its MAC address table?
What happens if the source MAC address exists in the MAC address table but on a different port?
What happens if the source MAC address exists in the MAC address table but on a different port?
What does the switch do when examining the destination MAC address if it is a unicast address?
What does the switch do when examining the destination MAC address if it is a unicast address?
What is the purpose of the MAC address table stored in content addressable memory (CAM) in a switch?
What is the purpose of the MAC address table stored in content addressable memory (CAM) in a switch?
What term is used to describe the port that frames will use when leaving the device?
What term is used to describe the port that frames will use when leaving the device?
What happens if a new frame enters a switch with a source MAC address that already exists in the MAC address table, but on a different port?
What happens if a new frame enters a switch with a source MAC address that already exists in the MAC address table, but on a different port?
What is the primary intelligence of a LAN switch based on?
What is the primary intelligence of a LAN switch based on?
What happens if the destination MAC address of an incoming frame is not in the MAC address table of the switch?
What happens if the destination MAC address of an incoming frame is not in the MAC address table of the switch?
Which term describes the process of examining the source MAC address of an incoming frame to update or add an entry in the MAC address table?
Which term describes the process of examining the source MAC address of an incoming frame to update or add an entry in the MAC address table?
What does a LAN switch use to direct network communications through the switch?
What does a LAN switch use to direct network communications through the switch?
What does a switch do when examining the destination MAC address if it is a unicast address and not found in its MAC address table?
What does a switch do when examining the destination MAC address if it is a unicast address and not found in its MAC address table?
How does a LAN switch forward traffic?
How does a LAN switch forward traffic?
What type of memory is used to store the MAC address table in a switch?
What type of memory is used to store the MAC address table in a switch?
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