Written Lab

Write the answers to the following questions:

1. VLANs break up ________ domains in a Layer 2 switched network.

2. Switches, by default, only break up ________ domains.

3. What does trunking provide?

4. You need to power a device such as an access point or IP phone. What protocol can provide power to these devices over an Ethernet cable?

5. You plug a host into a switch port and the host receives an IP address but the user can’t get to the services it needs. What is probably the problem?

6. If a destination MAC address is not in the forward/filter table, what will the switch do with the frame?

7. What are the three switch functions at Layer 2?

8. If a frame is received on a switch port and the source MAC address is not in the forward/filter table, what will the switch do?