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3 - Switching and Bridging Flashcards

1
Q

How does a host learn the MAC Address of another host?

A

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)

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2
Q

Switches (Layer 2/ “Ethernet”)

A

Auto-configuring
Forwarding tends to be fast

Major limitations:
broadcast
spanning tree
ARP queries

SDN solves this

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3
Q

Routers (Layer 3/ IP)

A

Not restricted to spanning tree

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