<tt><font size=2>> so how does a client pc find the server if there's
no NAT? by IP <br>
> address?? That makes no sense, to me, if the switch isn't assigning
<br>
> addresses.<br>
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Switches have a MAC table that keeps track of which
MAC addresses are on which ports. That's how they decide where to route
packets.</font></tt>
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<br><a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAM_Table><tt><font size=2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAM_Table</font></tt></a>
<br><a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model><tt><font size=2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model</font></tt></a>