It just forwards frames. That’s it. Yes, the above statement is totally correct. A switch’s main function is forwarding frames between its ports. In this article, we will look more deeply into this functionality and learn how a switch does this! Learn from the scratch When you attach 2 computers to a switch and want […]
Network Infrastructure
Why do you need to enable PortFast on access ports?
Brief Explanation PortFast is a good feature to put switch interfaces in forwarding state immediately. Also, it helps reducing of STP re-calculations on switches and relatively providing network performance improvements. Without PortFast If you don’t use it under an interface configuration, when the link state changes to UP, switch firstly put interface in blocking state […]