How a Switch Works -- Chapter 6 of 'LAN Switching First-Step'

In this chapter: How a Switch Works explains how to differentiate among unicast, multicast, and broadcast transmission methods; store-and-forward, cut-through, and fragment-free switching mechanisms and then describes Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching operation.

In this book: LAN Switching First-Step explains the basics of LAN switching in easy-to-grasp language that all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of the key concepts behind how bridges and switches work.

Read the rest of How a Switch Works in this PDF.


Excerpted from LAN Switching First-Step by Matthew Castelli (ISBN: 978-1-58720-100-4).

Copyright © 2005, Cisco Press. All rights reserved.


This was first published in November 2006

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