3.8. Resetting the System

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4. Chapter 4: Advanced Topics

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4.1. Layer 2 Switching

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4.1.1. Unicast Switching

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4.1.2. Multicast Switching

173

4.1.3. Spanning Tree Algorithm

173

4.2. Layer 3 Switching

175

4.2.1. Initial Configuration

175

4.2.2. IP Switching

176

4.2.3. Routing Path Management

177

4.2.4. ICMP Router Discovery

177

4.2.5. Proxy ARP

178

4.2.6. Routing Protocols

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4.2.6.1. RIP and RIP-2 Dynamic Routing Protocols

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4.2.6.2. OSPFv2 Dynamic Routing Protocol

179

4.2.7. Non-IP Protocol Routing

182

4.3. Virtual LANs

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4.3.1. Assigning Ports to VLANs

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4.3.1.1. VLAN Classification

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4.3.1.2. Port Overlapping

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4.3.1.3. Port-based VLANs

184

4.3.1.4. Automatic VLAN Registration (GVRP)

184

4.3.2. Forwarding Tagged / Untagged Frames

184

4.3.3. Connecting VLAN Groups

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4.4. Multicast Filtering

186

4.4.1. IGMP Snooping

186

4.4.2. IGMP Protocol

187

4.4.3. GMRP Protocol

187

4.4.4. DVMRP Routing Protocol

188

4.5. Class-of-Service (CoS) Support

188

4.6. BOOTP / DHCP Relay

188

4.7. Security Features

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4.7.1. SNMP Community Strings

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4.7.2. User Name and Passwords

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4.7.3. MAC Address Filters

190

4.7.4. IP Address Filters

190

4.8. SNMP Management Software

190

4.9. Remote Monitoring (RMON)

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