February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
592 pages
11h 47m
English
Any node that forwards a packet sends it in the same direction it is already moving.
A node will forward an incoming packet to its outbound link if any of the following conditions are met.
The packet is a broadcast request (determined from the command type)
The packet is a directed request which carries a UnitID = 0 (coming from a bridge), the compatibility bit is clear, and the address is not owned by this node.
The packet is a directed request which carries a UnitID = 0 (coming from a bridge), the compatibility bit is set, and this node is not the subtractive decoder or a bridge to it.
The packet is a response with the bridge bit set (traveling downstream from a bridge), and the UnitID field does not match ...
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