From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 8 11:45:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21441 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:45:02 -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 LAA21406 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:44:46 -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 AA223008322; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:52:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:52:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Load balancing In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981008055721.00fff15c@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 Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > Maybe it's just me or it's just how it works in a typical net environment, > but for all practical purposes layer 2 and layer3 switching are the same. > Most switches are layer 2, AFAIK. When running TCP/IP, machines on thet > network use arp to map the IP to the MAC. Only worth mentioning since > recently I did some checking on what Cicso offered with their various > models and I couldn't find any reference on the differences between layer 2 > and layer 3. Not my money, but paying more for a feature without any > details on the benefits... Also gives reason to your comment on the layer 3. Agreed, I'm quite willing to accept the many reasons why a switch is better then a hub, and I can't find a single reason why a level 3 switch has anything more then level 2, short of a higher price tag. Someone please prove me wrong, for my own sanity. - 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