Question: Consider the network below with six nodes, star-connected into an Ethernet switch. Suppose that A sends a frame to A', A replies to A, then

Consider the network below with six nodes, star-connected into an Ethernet switch. Suppose that A sends a frame to A', A’ replies to A, then B sends a message to B’ and B’ replies to B.  Enter the values that are present in the switch’s forwarding table after B’-to-B frame is sent and received.  Assumed that the table is initially empty and that entries are added to the table sequentially.

 

' B' 6 5 1 14 A 2 3 A' B

  1. What is the first entry added to the table?
  2. What is the second entry added to the table?
  3. What is the third entry added to the table?
  4. What is the fourth entry added to the table?
     

' B' 6 5 1 14 A 2 3 A' B

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