Questions tagged [switching]
For questions related to traffic switching and troubleshooting the traffic switching process.
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What kinds of organizations use routing protocols (aside from ISPs)?
I don't understand why would an organization aside from an ISP even use routing protocols.
Let's say there is a big company with 5000 employees, and they want to have a network throughout their ...
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Is SONET a physical layer or a data link layer?
According to some sources, SONET is physical layer.
But some sources say that SONET can carry IP directly. Also, SONET defines its own frame -- it has a header and a payload. That must make SONET a ...
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Query regarding LACP System Priority
This is regarding LACP System Priority.
From my research I could find the following info pertaining to system priority.
LACP combines the System Priority value with the MAC address of the switch to ...
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Do X.25/Frame Relay/ATM/MPLS have their own switches?
In the context of networking when we say "switch" we always think of Ethernet switch.
But do we have X.25 switch, Frame Relay switch, ATM switch, and MPLS switch?
If yes, how are they ...
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Query regarding LACP timeout flag
Say we have two swicthes.
Switch A and Switch B.
Switch A sends LACPDU's with timeput flag set to 1 (fast).
Switch B sends LACPDU's with timeout flag set to 0 (slow).
By researching came to know that ...
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Queries regarding LACP
I have following queries regarding LACP.
Query 1
In LACP flag we have a field called as Aggregation, where 1
represents Aggregatable and 0 represents Individual.
In all the PCAP's I have seen so far ...
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Criteria to match for lacp status to come up
I did research and found that below are the minimum requirements for LACP to be Up.
One of the side should be active.
All the port speed should be same.
Duplex settings need to be same.
Also I have ...
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Wants to understand traffic flow of Catalyst layer3 Switch 3850 . what are sequence this switch will check to delivery packet to destination
i wants to know clear understanding about how Cisco layer3 switch checks in sequence order when traffic arrive to its L3 Interface . i want to know traffic flow in Cisco layer 3 switch ,because switch ...
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Issue with PIM-SSM Multicast Configuration ISR4431s
I have an issue with my PIM-SSM multicast configuration using ISR4431s.
I am wanting to forward broadcast data from an application from one VLAN in on the multicast source to another VLAN on a ...
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Sending a gratuitous ARP on an interval - Cisco
In response to my question Propagating Static MAC Addresses , I realize I can not avoid the unknown unicast problem. Essentially I have hosts that forward their traffic via an L2 frame to a ...
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Propagating Static MAC Addresses
I have a situation where I need to place a static MAC on a switch as the server in question does not generate any outbound traffic. This static MAC seems as if it will work for hosts on the same ...
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Flapping MAC address issue on the uplink routed port
The scenario is like, in my VLAN 30 network, randomly one device stops communicating and when I check the Cisco L3 Stack switch, it shows the following error messages:
Jul 27 13:59:55: %SW_MATM-4-...
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Do switches allow parallel connections?
I am new to networking and not from Engineering domain. Sorry If I sound silly.
I came across an article on Network Switches and How they work. Diving deep into it, I found some interesting topics ...
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How a wifi AP handle packets
Computers are connected to a wifi AP. The wifi AP is connected to a L2 switch. A server is also conected to this switch.
When computers sends packets to the server, how the wifi AP manages the paquets?...
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Connecting switches together
I have L2 switches which will be daisy chained together (yes I know, daisy chaining isn't great, but anyway..) The L2 switches will then link to a L3 switch.
Both the L2 and L3 switches have x4 10GbE ...
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Why does the Layer 3 switch drop the ping packet?
I am trying to ping from PC2 (not PC1, there's typo in the picture) to the router's int g0/0, but the packet is dropped at the L3 switch which is along the path. I have tried setting a default static ...
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Tracing a host in a network [duplicate]
If I have a host connected to a say patch panel port number 39 which is connected to the switch. There's a cable manager in-between and there's no easy way to find out which switch port the cable is ...
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Can use virtual port as the port mirroring's destination port?
Port mirroring can mirror several source port to a destination port(mirroring port).
I have several questions about port mirroring.
in the dest port, how to differentiate the different source port? ...
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Why would OpenFlow require N^2 entries for MAC address learning in single table?
I'm reading this whitepaper and trying to wrap my head around why it would require O(N^2) entries for MAC address learning in OpenFlow with single table. See paragraph 2.2.1. In my naive mind, I think ...
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Vlan vs. Subnet Broadcast Domain
It is my understanding that Vlans separate broadcast domains, but I often see people say, "subnets define a broadcast domain" as well.
Is it correct to say, "Vlans define a L2 broadcast domain, and ...
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ping in the same VLAN with multiple switches in between
Refreshing VLAN knowledge with PT7.3, I came across some unexpected behavior.
Why does a chain of switches having proper trunk configuration between them DROP packets? Trying to ping hosts from the ...
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Dynamic Link Aggregation Speeds [duplicate]
This might be a stupid and easy to answer question, but I can't seem to get a straight answer from anywhere.
I have the following setup.
Modem --> Router --> 8 port switch --> server
I have ...
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What is the effect of having too many bridges / routers between 2 devices?
I am building a network, with each node connected to each other using fiber media converters. They are actually a bridge with 2 ports: one Ethernet and one optical (or one single-mode and one multi-...
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How would a bridge loop occur?
As I understand it, STP is used to prevent bridge (/switch) loops, which will typically occur in the case of redundant links on a switch.
But how can a loop occur and cause a broadcast storm?
If a ...
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Unknown device mac address listed in switch table on start out
After playing a little bit with a topology randomly created in packet tracer, I figured out that the switch (Switch0) stores a unknown device mac address on start out, wich I think that it belongs to ...
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Fastest way to switch between redundant wireless links
I have a system using 2 redundant point-to-point wireless links to access the internet, and I'm trying to find the fastest way to switch between them if one goes down.
We need to switch within 1 ...
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How do (LANCOM) Tag-Based vlan groups work and on which vlan does the device respond?
I just started a new job and part of it is to manage and maintain the ICT. As the previous network/system engineer left the company i'm on my own to figure out how everything works.
I have ...
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How do computers send switches packets, if switches don't have IP or MAC addresses?
I am new to networking, so please excuse me if I am saying stupid stuff.
From my understanding, PCs are sending packets to switches, which then decide which physical port to forward that packet to. ...
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I Cannot Ping Switch to Device, but can ping Device to Device
I'm currently troubleshooting a network i built and I'm having an issue with ping connectivity, i have set up DHCP and DNS and my end devices can get IP's from DHCP as well as i have intervlan ...
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Switch doesn't learn MAC of a connected device
I am new to networks. What does it mean when a switch doesn't learn the MAC address of the connected device? And how can VLANs can impact that?
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How could the line rate of T1 be 1.544 Mbps?
T1 signal is the output of a 24-to-1 digital multiplexer whose inputs are 64 kbps each (plus one framing bit).
But a multiplexer is simply an electronic device that selects between several inputs and ...
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Switch Operation Beyond VLAN Segmentation
What are the other operations performed by a switch which are outside the VLAN's boundaries.
Is Logical (VLAN) Segregation is exactly same as breaking a switching network physically via a Router?
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Can a switch be used for either circuit- or packet- switching?
If my understanding is correct, circuit- or packet- switching does not happen inside the switch -- it happens on the network. It is a characteristic of a network and not of a switch. The difference on ...
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Since packets holds next hop MAC address, how does a switch knows to which port to send a packet to a destination? [duplicate]
Lets say a switch has 4 ports : P1, P2, P3, P4
Host A is connected to P1
Host B is connected to P4
If Host A wants to send a packet to Host B, the packet will have as destination address the MAC ...
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Will IP cameras increase the traffic in our local network?
We need to place 16 IP cameras (4MP) to monitor a warehouse, where all these cameras will be handled by a CCTV.
We have 2 options:
Connect these cameras through the same cables under the same switch ...
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Why does HPE disable STP by default? [closed]
It this certainly true that switches needs STP to avoid loops or broadcasts storms, but recently I saw the configuration of my Hewlett Packard switch and I noticed that it has STP feature disabled by ...
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VLAN based subnets, where should I untag a VLAN?
I have attempted to search this problem but I don't really know how to explain it properly (possibly a sign I've taken on more project than I can handle).
Anyway I am currently working on chopping ...
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Whats the difference between VOICE VLAN and ACCESS VLAN
Can someone please tell me the difference in Layman's termsfor these 2 configurations?
interface FastEthernet0/1
description PHONES
switchport mode access
**switchport voice vlan 51**
spanning-...
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OSPF neighbor not working
I'm currently designing a spine leaf network, 2 Spine switches and 4 leaf switches.
btw this in packet tracer.
So in order its Spine1# and Spine2#, then Leaf1#, Leaf2#, Leaf3#, Leaf4#, and addresses ...
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Why can't get host's mac address on l2 switch through snmp? But can get it on l3 router
I am trying to get computer's mac address through snmp.
I have an envirmont in GNS3:
l3 R1's image is vios-adventerprisek9-m.SPA.157-3.M3
l2 SW1's image is viosl2-adventerprisek9-m.SSA....
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when to disable CEF on an interface
i am currently learning about CEF and i came across the command "no ip route-cache cef", which i do understand what it does, essentially, it enables Fast-switching/process switching on an interface.
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How does the swtich know if a packet needs layer 2 switching or layer 3 routing?
I have a network topoloty as follows
A --------- B --------- C
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A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3
A, B, C are ...
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Can a single subnet work across several switches?
New to networking and studying hard but limited access to a kit to try things at the moment...
My question is - if I had, for example, two Layer-2 switches cable connected, could I have devices on ...
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How does a switch port connect to any other port?
According to Data Communications and Networking by Behrouz Forouzan, a packet switch has four components: input ports, output ports, routing processor, and switching fabric. The basic architecture ...
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Query on PTP Transparent Clock
I had a query in PTP Transparent Clock(TC), Please consider the below picture for my question.
I will try to express my question with the help of a real world example
Say, two places Place_A <----...
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ICMP message doesn't leave NIC of PC
I got an interVLAN configuration a.k.a 'Router on a Stick'. I can ping all the workstations with each other, except PC9 (refer to image).
I did a simulation and found that the packet does not even ...
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Finding device using Avaya Configuration and Orchestration Manager
Is it possible to search for a specific device using either it's IP or MAC address using Avaya Configuration and Orchestration
Manager
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Cisco Virl instace issue
i'm using cisco virl on dcloud and when i try to run my topology consisting of 2 ios routers and an iosl2 router i get an error... stating that i've exceeded quotas, required 4, available 0.
Any ...
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Why doesn't kernel itself had entire L2/L3 protocol stack? [closed]
I know kernel itself handles protocols in layer 2, layer3 and layer 4 at ipv4 stack, but why can't kernel itself doesn't have protocols such as STP/RSTP/xSTP/OSPF...etc, implemented.
Why should we ...
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What is the purpose of native VLAN on a trunk link?
Most VLAN articles I've read recommend avoid using VLAN1 for ports with untagged traffic (aka access ports). I've heard enough of this nonsense. Except for the reserved values of 0x000 and 0xFFF, a ...
