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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
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info




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