Validation of FCS

Jason Lixfeld jason at lixfeld.ca
Wed Dec 19 15:11:04 UTC 2012


On 2012-12-19, at 10:02 AM, Saku Ytti <saku at 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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