In CompTIA Network+ (N10-007) Course Switching Technologies, Wes mentions that a Switch has a Mac Table and Arp table.
It is my undersanding that a MAC table is a database with MAC address to a particular port on the switch and ARP table Refers to MAC address to a IP address. I thought IP addressing was on routers.
Is he referring to a Layered 3 type switch when he says a Switch has a ARP and MAC Table ?
Great question @Robert when it comes to switching, the layer 2 information is going to be MAC address to port mappings. Switches can contain an ARP table for management. However, if the managed switch operates at layer 3, then it will also have an ARP table (Layer 3) to map MAC addresses to IP addresses, like routers do.
Best Regards,
Wes Bryan
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