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Date:      Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:39:36 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        matt <matt-l@pacbell.net>
Cc:        Clark Gaylord <cgaylord@vt.edu>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fastforwarding?
Message-ID:  <3B3E5528.82B33EFF@softweyr.com>
References:  <GPEOJKGHAMKFIOMAGMDICEOJDGAA.deepak@ai.net><20010626093545.D49992@sunbay.com> <3B3AB4F8.184A2EFE@softweyr.com> <20010629075815.N55750@e028121.vtacs.vt.edu> <004801c100bf$c35d9c10$6503c23f@XGforce.com>

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matt wrote:
> 
> So look like the fastforward is done at the either
> input/output? the so called layer 2?

Not the "so called" layer 2, at ISO layer 2.  Yes, that's the ethernet
layer if both of the interfaces are ethernet.  If not, then it is the
Token Ring layer, or the FDDI layer, or the ATM layer, etc.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/

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