> so how does a client pc find the server if there's no NAT?  by IP 
> address?? That makes no sense, to me, if the switch isn't assigning 
> addresses.

Switches have a MAC table that keeps track of which MAC addresses are on 
which ports. That's how they decide where to route packets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAM_Table
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model
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