Re: Switches and Multicast doubt

The well known multicast address begins with an OUI of 01005e

Paul Negron
Instructor/Consultant
CCIE# 14856

On Sep 28, 2011, at 8:10, 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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>
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