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how will SwitchA handle this frame?

Refer to the exhibit.

SwitchA receives the frame with the addressing shown in the exhibit. According to the command
output also shown in the exhibit, how will SwitchA handle this frame?

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A.
It will drop the frame.

B.
It will forward the frame out port Fa0/6 only.

C.
It will forward the frame out port Fa0/3 only.

D.
It will flood the frame out all ports.

E.
It will flood the frame out all ports except Fa0/3.

Explanation:
When frame receives the frame, it checks the source address on MAC table if MAC address found
in MAC table it tries to forward if not in MAC table adds the Address on MAC table. After checking
the source address, it checks the destination address on MAC table, if MAC address found on
MAC table it forwards to proper ports otherwise floods on all ports except the source port. In this
case, the MAC address shown is already in the table so it will be forwarded directly.

23 Comments on “how will SwitchA handle this frame?

    1. ccklay says:

      I agree with you Gregor. Destination MAC 00b0.d0da.895a is not listed in the table. Since the switch received the frame on port 3 with a known source MAC, it’s only action would be to flood the frame across all ports except 3.




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