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Totally different layers. Switching occurs at layer 2 and isn't affected by whether the frame contains IPv4 or IPv6.
by tssva 9y ago
Totally different layers. Switching occurs at layer 2 and isn't affected by whether the frame contains IPv4 or IPv6.
- wmf 9y agoIt would be nice if that was the case, but switches often look deeper for ECMP.
- stephengillie 9y agoI was confused at first, because switches were mentioned in the article. But the Fates have allowed my mistake to be correct this one time, and provided a trove of education about the state of the art of network switching.