What does a Switch do if it Doesn't Find the Destination Mac Address in its Switching Table??

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When the destination MAC address is not found in the MAC address table, the switch forwards the frame out of all ports flooding except for the ingress port of the frame.

What does a Switch do if it Doesn't Find the Destination MAC Address in its Switching Table Quizlet?

What does a switch do if it doesnt find the destination MAC address in its switching table? A computers IP address setting must be set to the address of a router to which the computer can send all packets destined for other networks. What type of frame is addressed to a specific computer?

When a Switch Doesn't Know what Port a MAC Address is Associated with it will Flood all Ports?

When Host A sends the frame, the switch does not have anything in its MAC address table. Upon receiving the frame, it records Host As MAC Address to Switch Port mapping. Since it doesnt know where the destination MAC address is, it floods the frame out all ports.

How does Switch Learn its Hosts MAC Addresses?

A switch can learn MAC address in two ways; statically or dynamically. In the static option, we have to add the MAC addresses in the CAM table manually. In the dynamic option, the switch learns and adds the MAC addresses in the CAM table automatically. The switch stores the CAM table in the RAM.

What does a Router do with a Packet that it does not have a Destination Network for Quizlet?

If a router receives a packet and it does not have an entry in its routing table for the destination network, it will send the packet to its default route, if configured.

What Happens when a Switch Cannot Find a MAC Address Table Entry for an Outgoing Interface?

If the destination MAC address is not in the table, the switch will forward the frame out all ports except the incoming port.

What Happens if there is no MAC Address?

If you don't have a MAC address, that means you don't have a network interface, which is going to make it impossible to connect to a local area network, thus making it impossible to access the internet.