Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:13:55 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Load balancing Message-ID: <19981008131355.E29254@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.981007102658.563A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 10:28:17AM -0400 References: <3.0.3.32.19981006220817.00f7f3d4@207.227.119.2> <Pine.HPP.3.96.981007102658.563A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 10:28:17AM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote: > 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. It's useful for managing bandwidth by application type. -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager FreeBSD: The power to serve (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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