Overview
Port security enables you to configure each switch port with a unique list of the MAC addresses of devices that are authorized to access the network through that port. This security enables individual ports to detect, prevent, and log attempts by unauthorized devices to communicate through the switch.
MAC Lockdown, also known as Static Addressing, is used to prevent station movement and MAC address hijacking, by allowing a given MAC address to use only an assigned port on the switch. MAC Lockdown also restricts the client device to a specific VLAN.
MAC Lockout enables blocking a specific MAC address so that the switch drops all traffic to or from the specified address.
Port security does not prevent intruders from receiving broadcast and multicast traffic. MAC Lockdown has a higher priority over port security.