Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:03:54 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: wes@softweyr.com, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) Message-ID: <199903270103.TAA14685@free.pcs> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-net/36FC28DA.73DC2E28@softweyr.com> References: <local.mail.freebsd-net/199903262137.PAA06872@carp.gbr.epa.gov>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-net/36FC28DA.73DC2E28@softweyr.com> you write: >Mike Jenkins wrote: >> I find that rather useful. I'm sure >> some folks use them for 80/tcp http redirection for web >> caching. > >Well, more likely for bandwidth/performance management and hot failover. That's actually what the particular switch I have to deal with is doing; it an Alteon switch, set up as a transparent web proxy server. As I understand it, it intercepts all web traffic from the campus and directs it to a pool of proxies. I suppose it's useful for what it does. How would a layer-3 switch do the same thing? -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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