Suppose an Ethernet frame arrives to an Ethernet switch, and the Ethernet switch does not know which of its switch ports leads to the node with the given destination MAC address? In this case, what does the switch do?

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Suppose an Ethernet frame arrives to an Ethernet switch, and the Ethernet switch does not know which of its switch ports leads to the node with the given destination MAC address?  In this case, what does the switch do?

Accepted Answer

Flood the frame on all ports except the port on which the frame arrived.

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Drop the frame without forwarding it.

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Choose a port randomly and forward the frame there.

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Use the address resolution protocol (ARP) to determine the appropriate outgoing port.

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