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EXFO ETS-1000L User Manual

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ETS-1000L

At the Data link layer (L2), the incoming traffic (frames without errors)
is being retransmitted backward with swapping destination and source
MAC addresses.

Note: Frames with destination MAC address different than MAC address of

ETS-1000L are not retransmitted.

Note: Frames with equal destination and source MAC address are not

retransmitted at the data link, network and transport layers.

At the Network layer (L3) the incoming traffic (packets without errors)
is being retransmitted backward with source and destination IP and
MAC addresses swapping.

Note: Only frames with destination MAC address and destination IP address

corresponding to MAC and IP addresses of the ETS-1000L are retransmitted.