question about redistribution and switches

jlau2001

hi guys,

I just registered to this forum few days ago, great site indeed and I have learned a lot from it.

I have a few question regarding to redistribution and switches and these topics are puzzling me like crazy.

So here they are..

What is redistribution exactly ??? the only thing it does is route different between different routing protocols ?

and for the Switch questions is like this ..

let say a frame has Source Mac address of 1111.1111.1111 and destination MAC address 2222.2222.2222

If I need to find which ports on a switch will this particular frame forwarded, which IOS command shall I use ?

sh mac-address-table ??

Thanks guys, really appreciate the help !!!

Netstudent

redistribution can do alot of things. It can redistribute a static route throughout the network. Like if an edge router had a default route pointing to the internet, you could redistribute that default route to other routers so they know how to get out to the internet. It can redistribute routes among different autonomous systems as I have described in the "AS number Question revisted" post. It can redistribute routes from different routing protocols. IF you are just starting out in networking, then wait a little while before you tackle redistribution. It is a complex topic that takes much thought, especially in a production network. If you are not just starting out, then read the cisco whitepages on redistribution.

Welcome!