Re: Switches and Multicast doubt

and the inteface counters would lead you to believe that it knows the
difference:

Switch#sh int g1/0/1 | i cast
     Received 0 broadcasts (0 multicasts)
     0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input

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Garry L. Baker
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine..." - RFC 1925
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:19 PM, garry baker <baker.garry_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> i read an article on ipexpert about broadcast and multicast traffic a
> while ago, talking about storm control
>
> http://blog.ipexpert.com/2010/03/15/old-ccie-myths-storm-control/
>
>
> --
> Garry L. Baker
>
> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine..." - RFC 1925
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:10 PM, CCIE KID <eliteccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi fellas,
>>
>> I have a million dollar doubt. Whether switches understand multicast or not.
>> Its all about the so called  I/G bit setting in the MAC frame. If the I bit
>> is set to 1 then its a multicast address . But unfortunately the broadcast
>> address also has the I bit set to 1 . So how does a switch differentiate
>> multicast and broadcast. Is there any method used in cisco switches to
>> differentiate. Can anyone help me out?
>>
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