From owner-freebsd-net Wed Mar 24 13:24:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461BC14EDA for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:24:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA17466; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:24:20 -0600 (CST) Received: from free.pcs (free.PCS [148.105.10.51]) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) with ESMTP id PAA13137; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:23:48 -0600 Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by free.pcs (8.8.6/8.8.5) id PAA11962; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:23:48 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:23:48 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon Message-Id: <199903242123.PAA11962@free.pcs> To: wes@softweyr.com, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) X-Newsgroups: local.mail.freebsd-net In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Architecture and Operating System Fanatics Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article you write: >In other words, there isn't a whole lot of difference unless you step >up to layer three switches. > >These definitions taken from "The Switching Book II", from Xylan Corp. >Download a PDF version or order your own free printed copy at: > > http://www.xylan.com/library/switchbook/index.html So where's the definition for layer-four switches? (What the heck is a layer 4 switch anyway?) -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message