The switch modes you program a switch to use make a big difference!
All network switches read the incoming frames they receive to make a filtering decision on the destination to SEND that information over to. But there are 3 MODES on that switch that can be used to make that decision? Want to know how drastic the effects can be on the entire network for each of these modes on that network switch?
What Is Ethernet?
So what is ethernet? If you’re learning about computer networking and you want to understand networks and how they communicate and work, ethernet is one of those basics.
What really is being referred to by the term Ethernet? I’m gonna show you in just a few seconds exactly what it is and why it’s needed for computer networking.
But first, you have to understand that a network design (for it to work and function correctly) it has to have…