Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 08:08:45 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) Message-ID: <36FCF47D.403DECF3@softweyr.com> References: <local.mail.freebsd-net/199903262137.PAA06872@carp.gbr.epa.gov> <199903270103.TAA14685@free.pcs>
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Jonathan Lemon wrote:
>
> 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?
VRRP. Gee, why do something with a standard when we can "extend and
extinguish?"
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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