CCNA "Hot Spot" Switching Question

[ts8586]

I ran into a question on the CCNA exam (that I missed by 2 points) that I just totally blanked out on. It was something like "Which ports on Sw1 will forward a frame that has a source MAC address of "aaaa.aaaa.aaaa" and a destination MAC address of "bbbb.bbbb.bbbb" (Choose all that apply)"

Then I had to go into the switch simulator and figure it out. Couldn't think of it to save my life. What was the dang answer I was looking for? Anyone? Thanks for reading my question.

 

[iolair]

It depends, but I believe the answer is all ports except the port it came in on. Unless there is an entry for bbbb.bbbb.bbbb in the switch's ports table.

Iolair MacWalter
Director of IT

 

[norteldude78]

run 'show mac-address-table' and then look for the address/port combination. Like Iolair said, if it isn't there, then all ports will forward it.

 

[burtsbees]

Yes, all ports except the port it came in on. The question is referring to how the switch builds the bridge table.

Burt