Packet Forwarding
5-5
Figure 5-2
Forwarding, Filtering, and Flooding Packets
Transmitting station
Address
Table
Bridge
Forwarding
1
Packet enters bridge
2
Packet’s destination address is compared to bridge’s address table
3
Address is known and destination port is different from source
4
Packet is forwarded to the destination port
1
2
3
4
Receiving station
Address
Table
Transmitting station
Bridge
Filtering
1
2
3
4
1
Filtered packet enters bridge
2
Packet’s destination address is compared to bridge’s address table
3
Address is known but destination port is the same as source
4
Packet is discarded
Receiving station
Bridge
1
2
3
4
Transmitting station
Flooding
1
Packet enters bridge
2
Packet’s destination address is compared to bridge’s address table
3
Address is not known
4
Packet is flooded (that is, forwarded to all active ports except the
one on which it was received)
Address
Table
Summary of Contents for LANPLEX 2500
Page 1: ...LANPLEX 2500 OPERATION GUIDE Part No 801 00344 000 Published November 1996 Revision 03...
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Page 18: ...1 4 CHAPTER 1 LANPLEX MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW...
Page 78: ...III Chapter 9 FDDI Overview and Implementation Chapter 10 FDDI Networks FDDI TECHNOLOGY...
Page 97: ...IV Chapter 11 ATM Networks ATM TECHNOLOGY...
Page 116: ...V Appendix A SNMP MIB Support Appendix B Technical Support APPENDIXES...