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How to troubleshoot reason why ARP replies from ISP are not forwarded through our switch?

At one of our offices, a new ISP recently installed an Internet connection via Radwin microwave radios, going to an E1 line back to the capital where their routing equipment is. There is a very ...
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How does a switch learn a switch table?

Say the switch table is empty. If computer A sends a frame destined to computer B, the switch will broadcast asking who has the MAC address of B. What if C suddenly sends a frame to A? What is the ...
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What is the main purposes of ARP CACHE in the Switch?

I know that when a PC send a packets to any remoter router then first of all it checks out the Router MAC address which is connected with it, but it gets this MAC Address of Router from ARP Cache, ...
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Something is filling my force10 ARP table

I have 2 force10 s25 switches that are used for a dark fiber link between two school buildings. One of my switches is filling its ARP table to the brim and then failing. This can happen as often as ...
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