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Frame forwarding - Flood vs Loop vs 'Storm'

Node ManNode Man Member Posts: 668 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Hi Everyone,
This may not be covered by my ccent book: What is a frame storm? Is it any different than a loop? Should STP control storms?

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    WiseWunWiseWun Member Posts: 285
    Flooding is when there's no entry for the destination MAC in the CAM table. Loops is when each switch receives and rebroadcasts the frame, this is where STP comes in.
    "If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” - Ken Robinson
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