address. If a device answers the frame, the switch will update the MAC
address table to reflect the location of the device.
a collision has not occurred. It is sometimes referred to as modified
cut-through.
switch method reads into the data field of every frame.
a LAN.
question, the best answer is to stop loops in a switched network
because switches work at layer 2. Routing protocols (RIP, IGRP, etc.)
are used to stop loops at layer 3 (routing).
send frames to the switch. A switch cannot translate from one media
type to another on the same segment.
in a network that has multiple links to remote locations without some
type of loop-avoidance scheme.
broadcast domain by default.
entries in its CAM table (stored in RAM). As the frame passes through
the switch, the switch copies the frame's MAC address information,
mapping the MAC address to the port on which the frame was
received. Since the destination port is not known, the switch forwards
the frame out every port excluding the port on which the frame was
received.
and the port on which the frame was received. This identifies the
physical location of the end-device on the network. When the switch
receives a frame destined for a MAC address found in its MAC
address table, the switch forwards the frame to that switch port only.