Bridge question

jeff CQ

I'm going through your Tech Notes because I'm getting pretty close to taking the exam and I want to just drill it into my head. So get ready for a bunch of questions!

(Bridges) keep a table with MAC addresses of all nodes, and on which segment they are located.

Where do they get these addresses :

Webmaster

By examining the mac address in frames which the bridge receives, so it will learn which addresses are on which side of the bridge.

Although www.cisco.com will have some more detailed docs, here's a page at MS I stumbled on a while back, which explains it rather well (Learning process):

www.microsoft.com/technet/columns/cableguy/cg0102.asp

jeff CQ

Thanks!
you MUST be the smartest IT man alive

Webmaster

jeff CQ wrote:

Thanks!

You're welcome...

you MUST be the smartest IT man alive

my head has swollen to twice its regular size now...

Keep the questions coming if you like, questions from people who read my TechNotes is great feedback for me and the Network+ book I'm working on.