analyzing eth lan switching

Question 1

How Switches learn macs

Answer 1

examine the source mac of incoming frames and stoes with the corresponding interface from which it entered

Question 2

What happens when there is no entry in the CAM table

Answer 2

frame is flooded

Question 3

Prevents L2 loops

Answer 3

Spanning tree

Question 4

if known unicast outgoing is the same as the port it entered

Answer 4

drop it

Question 5

how to show mac address table

Answer 5

show mac address-table

Question 6

search for a mac

Answer 6

show mac address-table dynamic adress 192.168…

Question 7

configure mac timeout

Answer 7

mac address-table aging-time

Question 8

how to clear cam table

Answer 8

clear mac address-table dynamic (vlan/interface/address)