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Re: Validation of FCS


From: Jason Lixfeld <jason () lixfeld ca>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:11:04 -0500


On 2012-12-19, at 10:02 AM, Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi> wrote:

On (2012-12-19 09:53 -0500), Jason Lixfeld wrote:

Perhaps in simpler terms, a CRC error is a localized thing and would
never be forwarded from one device to another.

It would be forwarded in cut-through switching.

... until the bad frame reached the first store-and-forward switch (or most any router) which would log the FCS error, 
correct?

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