Iko kuvandudzwa kweiyo maviri-layer switching tekinoroji yakakura.Iwo maviri-layer maindasitiri switch ndeye data link layer mudziyo.Inogona kuona iyo MAC kero ruzivo mupakiti yedata, yoiendesa zvinoenderana nekero yeMAC, uye kurekodha aya kero dzeMAC nemadoko anoenderana mukati mayo emukati tafura yekero.

Iyo chaiyo mafambiro ekuita ndeaya anotevera:

1) Kana iyo maindasitiri switch inogamuchira pakiti yedata kubva kune imwe chiteshi, inotanga kuverenga kwainobva MAC kero mumusoro wepaketi, kuti izive kuti ndeipi chiteshi muchina une kwainosuka MAC kero yakabatana;

2) Verenga iyo MAC kero yekwainoenda mumusoro, uye tarisa kumusoro inoenderana chiteshi patafura yekero;

3) Kana paine chiteshi chinoenderana nekwainoenda MAC kero patafura, kopira data packet zvakananga kuchiteshi ichi;

4) Kana iyo chiteshi inoenderana isingawanikwe mutafura, iyo data packet ichatepfenyurwa kune ese madoko.Kana muchina wekuenda uchipindura kumuchina wekubva, shanduko yeindasitiri inogona kurekodha kuti ndeipi chiteshi kero yeMAC inoenderana, uye nguva inotevera iyo data painofambiswa Hazvichadiwi kutepfenyura kune ese madoko.Iyi nzira inodzokororwa nguva dzose, uye iyo MAC kero ruzivo rwese network inogona kudzidzwa.Iyi ndiyo nzira iyo Layer 2 switch inomisa uye inochengetedza yayo tafura yekero.

Chikonzero nei iyo Layer 2 switch ichinyatso shanda ndeyekuti kune rumwe rutivi, hardware yayo inoona kumhanyisa-kumhanya, uye kune rumwe rutivi, nekuti iyo Layer 2 switch inongoverenga yakavharirwa data packet, uye haigadzirise data packet. (iyo router ichaita Kugadzirisa, shandura kwairi kuenda uye kunobva MAC kero).