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Basic Network Fundamental - Network Switch Working principle, Half Duplex & Full Duplex, Difference between Switch vs Router

1 ) How Network Switch Work • When a device send frame to another device via switch, switch will receive the frame and check the source mac address availability in MAC Address table. • If it’s not available, then it will add the source MAC address into switch MAC address table. • Then switch check the destination device MAC address in the MAC address table, if its not available then the switch will flood the frame into all interfaces except source device connected interface. It’s called unknown unicast frame. • Once Frame reach the destination device, then destination device will reply to the switch. • Then switch will add the destination device MAC address into switch MAC Address table. • Then switch will forward the reply frame into source device interface, it’s called known unicast frame. 2) Different between Switch and Router • Switches keep a MAC address table with their known destination MAC addresses and routers keep a routing table with their known destination networks. •...