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An understanding of the following key
points should have been achieved:
- Bridging and switching evolution
- Content-addressable memory (CAM)
- Bridging latency
- Store-and-forward and cut-through
switching modes
- Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP)
- Collisions, broadcasts, collision
domains, and broadcast domains
- The Layer 1, 2, and 3 devices used
to create collision domains and broadcast domains
- Data flow and problems with
broadcasts
- Network segmentation and the devices
used to create segments
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