December 2019
Beginner
510 pages
12h 7m
English
Content preview from Networking Fundamentals
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Understanding frame forwarding
Recall that, unlike hubs, switches have intelligence built into them to prevent devices from receiving all the data being sent on the network, even if it isn't destined for them. In this section, I will walk you through the frame forwarding process that a switch undertakes to move data from A to B.