Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:54:12 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switch vs bridge Message-ID: <34554.922334052@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:28:03 CST." <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903242123530.18415-100000@mercury.webnology.com>
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"Jasper O'Malley" wrote in message ID <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903242123530.18415-100000@mercury.webnology.com>: > > A switch should be immune to loops... > > No more so than a simple bridge, in my experience. Turn on spanning-tree. And be ready for your network to die for 30 seconds every time you add/remove a switch (at least with the Synoptics^W Bay Netowks ^W^W Nortel 28115). Haven't tried/noticed that problem with any other switches tho. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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