
Using Transparent Bridge Services
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The bridge then forwards (relays to another network) or drops (discards) the frame
based on the forwarding table entries. When the bridge receives a frame, it
compares the frame’s destination address with addresses in the forwarding table.
One of these situations results:
• If the frame’s destination address is on the same LAN as its source address,
the bridge discards the frame; all nodes on that LAN already received this
frame.
• If the frame’s destination address is on a different LAN than its source
address, the bridge forwards the frame to that LAN.
• If there is no match for the frame’s destination address in the forwarding
table, the bridge forwards the frame to all networks except the one that
received the frame. This is called flooding.
• If the frame is destined for the bridge (for example, a spanning tree frame),
the bridge forwards the frame to the appropriate bridge entity and processes it
internally.
The Translation Process
The transparent bridge translates frames for bridging between Ethernet/802.3
LANs and FDDI LANs. When the transparent bridge receives Ethernet/802.3
frames destined for an FDDI LAN, it reformats those frames to the FDDI MAC
frame format. The transparent bridge sets the original MAC frame type in the
logical link control (LLC) header. Therefore, if the frame passes through a second,
FDDI-to-Ethernet/802.3 bridge, that bridge can translate the frame back to its
original format.
The bridge translates all Ethernet MAC frames to FDDI MAC and IEEE 802.2
LLC/Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) encapsulation, as specified by RFC
1042. Protocols that adhere to RFC 1042 include DECnet Phase IV, Novell,
AppleTalk Phase I and II, Xerox Network System (XNS), Internet Package
Exchange (IPX), and Internet Protocol (IP).
Figure 1-2 shows the format and values of the LLC and SNAP headers of these
frames after translation.
Note: If a frame is forwarded or flooded to a LAN using a different data-link
level protocol, the bridge translates the frame to the appropriate frame format
before transmission.
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