How does a switch differ from a hub?
A.
A switch does not induce any latency into the frame transfer time.
B.
A switch tracks MAC addresses of directly-connected devices.
C.
A switch operates at a lower, more efficient layer of the OSI model.
D.
A switch decreases the number of broadcast domains.
E.
A switch decreases the number of collision domains.
When a switch receives a frame, it first checks for the destination MAC address and tries to find a matching entry in its MAC address table. If found, the switch then forwards that frame on the corresponding port associated with that MAC address. If no entry is found, the switch will flood that frame out of all (active) ports except the port that sent it.
When a switch receives a frame, it first checks for the destination MAC address and tries to find a matching entry in its MAC address table. If found, the switch then forwards that frame on the corresponding port associated with that MAC address. If no entry is found, the switch will flood that frame out of all active ports except the port that sent it. In this case, the destination MAC address 0000.00dd.dddd has not been in the MAC address table so the switch will flood the frame out all of its ports except fa0/0 (the port that it received the frame)
Also, the switch learns that the MAC address 0000.00aa.aaaa is received on fa0/0 -> the switch adds 0000.00aa.aaaa and its corresponding port fa0/0 to the MAC address table -> A is correct.
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