Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:30:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r201888 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201001090930.o099UATp058858@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brueffer Date: Sat Jan 9 09:30:09 2010 New Revision: 201888 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/201888 Log: bridge(4) acts like a switch, not like a hub. PR: 141350 Submitted by: brucec Reviewed by: thompsa MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Sat Jan 9 06:30:40 2010 (r201887) +++ head/share/man/man4/bridge.4 Sat Jan 9 09:30:09 2010 (r201888) @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 8, 2009 +.Dd January 9, 2010 .Dt IF_BRIDGE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ by-default. A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple 802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation. .Pp -A bridge works like a hub, forwarding traffic from one interface +A bridge works like a switch, forwarding traffic from one interface to another. Multicast and broadcast packets are always forwarded to all interfaces that are part of the bridge.home | help
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