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Hi all,<br />
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I received a Juniper switch and I am asked to test it as the customer indicated that the switch is faulty. Are there any steps to follow when testing a layer 3 switch?
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Hi all,

I received a Juniper switch and I am asked to test it as the customer indicated that the switch is faulty. Are there any steps to follow when testing a layer 3 switch?

How to test a switch

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.