Also, Switches know nothing of IP addresses either. On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:27 AM, Daniel Dib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> *On SwitchA:* > > > SwitchA receives the request (arp who has) for the IP address of Host B and > it checks its MAC table but none found so it will broadcast the request to > all ports and changes the Src MAC to that of the switch port that is > directly connected to e0 on the router. > > Switches don't modify frames, they just forward them. So the switch will > not > modify the src MAC. The frame will be a broadcast as Gert said > FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF. The router responds with it's MAC and the switch learns > what port this MAC sourced from. Or did I misinterpret your text? > > /Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
