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DEFINITION: An Ethernet network that runs through a high-speed switch. Instead of sharing 10 Mbps for Ethernet or 100 Mbps for Fast Ethernet among all users on the network segment, the full bandwidth is made available to each sender and receiver pair.
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How a Spanning Tree Works
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WHITE PAPER: The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table. The switch will also associate a learned MAC address with a port. It can then make intelligent forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address. This white paper illustrates the process.
Posted: 29 Jun 2009 | Published: 29 Jun 2009

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