08-23-2013 10:22 AM - edited 03-07-2019 03:05 PM
Please someone answer why the show mac-address-table would not output any information on a network. I have just taken the CCNA exam. The network had 4 switches connected by trunks. I needed to find out what interfaces had for a mac address. I used the command #show mac-address-table and nothing was outoutted. Please clear this up for me.
08-23-2013 10:36 AM
Is it because I did not need that command to answer the questions?
08-23-2013 10:40 AM
Did you generate traffic between the devices before issuing that command?
08-23-2013 10:43 AM
I tried to ping a server locaated off of a nearby switch. The ping was not successful. What else could I have done to generate traffic?
08-23-2013 10:51 AM
Pings from one switch to all other switches is where I would have started to see if the CAM started populating.
08-23-2013 11:00 AM
Thank you! I will work on my switch study more closely.
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