From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 7 11:21:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15670 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:21:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15607 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:21:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA014470498; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:28:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:28:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Cc: Manar Hussain , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Load balancing In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981006220817.00f7f3d4@207.227.119.2> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > Just what is meant by layer4 vs layer 3 or layer 2 switching, the last being > most common. Not sure if they count up or down (up? from hardware > level). >From the bottom up. Layer 2 - Switching by MAC Layer 3 - Switching by IP (router, sorta) Layer 4 - Switching by TCP/UDP port, which makes no sense to me. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message