What Device is a Layer 2 Device that Uses Mac Address Learning to Intelligently Forward Traffic??

Network+ N10-006 Chapter 1 Flashcards

What device is a Layer 2 device that uses MAC address learning to intelligently forward traffic? A switch operates at Layer 2 and functions based on Layer 2 MAC addresses. A router operates at Layer 3 and moves packets between networks based on a Layer 3 address. Most commonly, this is an IP address.

What Device Would Forward Traffic Based on a MAC Address?

A switch operates at level 2 of the OSI model , and forwards network traffic based of MAC Addresses.

What is the Name of the Address that is Used by a Layer 2 Switch to Identify Specific Devices?

Layer 2 switches (L2 switches) use physical network addresses. Physical addresses, also known as link-layer, hardware, or MAC-layer addresses, identify individual devices.

What Topology is Seen in WAN Networks and was Designed to Increase the Redundancy of Communications?

A full mesh topology provides a connection from each node to every other node on the network. This provides a fully redundant network and is the most reliable of all networks. If any link or node in the network fails, then there will be another path that will allow network traffic to continue.

What Topology was Used in an Early LAN Technology that Used the Passing of a Token to Transmit?

The token ring topology was once widely used on LANs in the 1980s and 1990s. However, it was almost entirely displaced by Ethernet, due to Ethernet's lower cost. At the time, cabling for token ring networks cost much more than Ethernet Cat3/Cat5e cables. Token ring network cards and ports were also expensive.