Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 09:41:56 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) Message-ID: <19990327094156.30720@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <36FCF47D.403DECF3@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Mar 03, 1999 at 08:08:45AM -0700 References: <local.mail.freebsd-net/199903262137.PAA06872@carp.gbr.epa.gov> <199903270103.TAA14685@free.pcs> <36FCF47D.403DECF3@softweyr.com>
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On Mar 03, 1999 at 08:08:45AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > 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?" "The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from". Isn't VRRP RFC-2338? In this case, what I'm looking for is not to specify a first hop router, but some way to effectively insert a caching proxy for all outbound web traffic. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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