Skip to Content
LAN Switching first-step
book

LAN Switching first-step

by Matthew J. Castelli
July 2004
Beginner
408 pages
7h 31m
English
Cisco Press
Content preview from LAN Switching first-step

Port Security

When port security is enabled on a switch, any Media Access Control (MAC) address not specified for that port is denied access to the switch, and to any networks to which the switch is connected. Port security can be used to block input to an Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet switch port.

The total supply, or global resource, of MAC addresses for the switch is 1024 MAC addresses. However, not all Cisco switches have 1024 MAC addresses; some have only 64 MAC addresses. In addition to this total supply, there is space for one default MAC address per port to be secured. The total number of MAC addresses that can be specified per port is limited to the global resource of 1024 MAC addresses plus one default MAC address (per ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Local Area High Speed Networks

Local Area High Speed Networks

Dr. Sidnie Feit
Storage Area Networks For Dummies®

Storage Area Networks For Dummies®

Christopher Poelker, Alex Nikitin
MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II

MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II

Jim Guichard, Ivan Pepelnjak, Jeff Apcar
Routing first-step

Routing first-step

Bill Parkhurst

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 1587201003Purchase book