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Which function forwards frames to ports that have a matching destination MAC address?

The correct answer is D. frame switching. Flooding means that the switch sends the incoming frame to all occupied and active ports (except for the one from which it was received In forwarding, it first looks up the destination address in the MAC Address Table. It then forwards the frame to that specific port.

Submitted by andreas_gr· Mar 5, 2026Network Fundamentals

Question

Which function forwards frames to ports that have a matching destination MAC address?

Options

  • Aframe flooding
  • Bframe filtering
  • Cframe pushing
  • Dframe switching

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    91% (29)

Explanation

Flooding means that the switch sends the incoming frame to all occupied and active ports (except for the one from which it was received In forwarding, it first looks up the destination address in the MAC Address Table. It then forwards the frame to that specific port.

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#Ethernet switching#frame forwarding#MAC address

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