Switch Frame Filtering Animation

Before the animation starts, or when the animation is stopped, you may click on any PC or Frame to obtain detailed MAC address information.


  MAC Address Table MAC Address             Port Number PT0 PT0 PT1 PT2 PT3 PT4 PT0 PTl PT2 PT3 PT4 Switch Hub PC0   PC1   PC2   PC3   PC4   PC5   Your browser does not support the HTML5 SVG element.

A switch is a layer 2 device. Once a switch receives a frame, it will look at its MAC Address Table. If the frame's destination MAC address is listed in the switch's MAC Address Table, then the frame is forwarded out on the associated port. Otherwise, the frame is floods out on all ports, except the port on which the frame arrived.


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