If a network switch is configured to forward packets based on MAC address and all possible MAC addresses are assigned, which outcome is unavoidable?

💡 Explanation

ARP cache exhaustion becomes unavoidable because every possible MAC address mapping leads to an entry in the ARP table, filling it to capacity. Therefore, ARP requests will fail, rather than allowing other network operations to proceed smoothly without being limited by the ARP table size.

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