Bridge Filtering

• bridges learn which hosts can be reached through which interfaces: maintain filtering tables

  • when frame received, bridge “learns” location of sender: incoming LAN segment
  • records sender location in filtering table

• filtering table entry:

  • (Node LAN Address, Bridge Interface, Time Stamp)
  • stale entries in Filtering Table dropped (TTL can be 60 minutes)

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