PROCESSING DATA PACKETS WITHIN A DATA SWITCH

摘要

A data switch such as an Ethernet switch compares the address contained in a received packet with addresses in MAC address table, to identify whether the table associates a port with the address. If such a match is found, the switch transmits the data packet through the port specified by the MAC address table. If not, the Ethernet switch processes the data packet according to whether the address is in a list of reserved addresses stored inside the switch.