Thread: Unable to acquire network address
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Old 21-02-2008, 10:51   #14
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Re: Unable to acquire network address
Calllum, on the domestic market Switches are layer 2 devices, routers are layer 3.

Just for referenece MAC addresses are layer 2, IP adresses are layer 3.

The only traffic management facilities that a switch has is to only send out traffic on the port that is connected to the device with the MAC address that the traffic is intended for.

If you've no idea what i'm talking about, go to google and read up on the OSI model.
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