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7.3.7 Lab - View the Switch MAC Address Table

The document outlines a lab exercise focused on building and configuring a network, including cabling, configuring PC hosts, and initializing switches. It also involves examining the Switch MAC Address Table by recording MAC addresses from PCs and switches. Additionally, it discusses potential challenges in larger networks, such as ARP broadcasts causing storms and the risk of device spoofing due to lack of authentication in MAC address tables.

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7.3.7 Lab - View the Switch MAC Address Table

The document outlines a lab exercise focused on building and configuring a network, including cabling, configuring PC hosts, and initializing switches. It also involves examining the Switch MAC Address Table by recording MAC addresses from PCs and switches. Additionally, it discusses potential challenges in larger networks, such as ARP broadcasts causing storms and the risk of device spoofing due to lack of authentication in MAC address tables.

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Lab – View the Switch MAC Address Table

Part 1: Build and Configure the Network


Step 1: Cable the network according to the topology.

Step 2: Configure PC hosts.


Step 3: Initialize and reload switches as necessary.

Step 4: Configure basic settings for each switch.


a. Configure device name as shown in the topology.
b. Configure IP address as listed in Addressing Table.
c. Assign cisco as the console and vty passwords.
d. Assign class as the privileged EXEC password.
Part 2: Examine the Switch MAC Address Table
Step 1: Record network device MAC addresses.
a. Open a command prompt on PC-A and PC-B and type ipconfig /all.
What are the Ethernet adapter physical addresses?
PC-A MAC Address:
Type your answers here.
PC-B MAC Address:

Close Windows command prompt

a. Console into switch S1 and S2 and type the show interface F0/1 command on each switch.
Open a configuration window

On the second line of command output, what is the hardware addresses (or burned-in address
[bia])?
S1 Fast Ethernet 0/1 MAC Address:
Type your answers here.
S2 Fast Ethernet 0/1 MAC Address:

Reflection Question
On Ethernet networks, data is delivered to devices by their MAC addresses. For this to happen,
switches and PCs dynamically build ARP caches and MAC address tables. With only a few
computers on the network this process seems fairly easy. What might be some of the challenges on
larger networks?
- ARP broadcasts could cause broadcast storms. Because ARP and switch MAC tables do not
authenticate or validate the IP addresses to MAC addresses it would be easy to spoof a device
on the network.

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