The operation of the switch in the network. How do requests go from a workstation to another switch?

Question

network hardware

I came up with a random network
The switches have a MAC table, which it compiles when it first connects to the network, sending out requests ...
And here's the question:
It turns out that switch 6 in the MAC table will have data on workstations A, B, C and hub 5, right?
Or will he have the whole route map in general? But how in that case then it will send requests?
Suppose workstation B needs to contact workstation E. How will this request be transmitted then? Switch 6 will again send data in all directions until switch 3 stumbles upon a suitable computer E and sends the request back?
Or will it already know where to send the request after the initial routing?

Answer 1

The switches have a MAC table, which it compiles when it first connects to the network, sending requests...

Completely false.
Briefly, the algorithm:
- the switch receives the packet on the port
- enters the sender's mac into the address table, thus associating the mac and the physical port to which the device is connected
- checks if the packet's destination mac is in the table
- if so, sends the packet only to this port
- if not, it sends it to all ports except where the packet came
from. From the table, addresses are cleared from which there were no packets for a certain time (in the switch settings, if such, typically 5 minutes)