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Switches operate at the link layer
Network-layer addresses
- (for example, Internet IP addresses) and link-layer addresses (that is, MAC addresses), need to translate between them.
- For the Internet, this is the job of the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) [RFC 826
- (for example, Internet IP addresses) and link-layer addresses (that is, MAC addresses), need to translate between them.
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MAC Addresses
- it is not hosts and routers that have link-layer addresses but rather their adapters (that is, network interfaces) that have link-layer addresses
- Ob of the link-layer switch is to carry datagrams between hosts and routers; a switch
- A link-layer address is variously called a LAN address, a physical address, or a MAC address
- Ob of the link-layer switch is to carry datagrams between hosts and routers; a switch
- it is not hosts and routers that have link-layer addresses but rather their adapters (that is, network interfaces) that have link-layer addresses
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- Mind Map on Switch, created by Miguel Hidalgo on 01/09/2018.
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