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The Switch (PRT) Table

The table starts out empty, but the switch records the source MAC address and the switch port number from every packet received

E8-08-88-CB-3F-B4

44-AB-5F-DF-C1-FB

00-1B-63-B4-45-C6

0F-99-3E-A6-2F-01

1

2

3

4

Layer 2

E8-08-88-CB-3F-B4

1

44-AB-5F-DF-C1-FB

2

00-1B-63-B4-45-C6

3

0F-99-3E-A6-2F-01

4

Ok, so I made up PRT (Port Resolution Table) but somehow I need to get across to you that this is NOT the ARP function