From owner-freebsd-net Sat Jun 30 15:35: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from softweyr.com (softweyr.com [208.247.99.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B1C37B405 for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:34:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from localhost.softweyr.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=softweyr.com ident=dc38f37cfeafdd03396b72b312af6b95) by softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 15GTOq-0000Ey-00; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:39:36 -0600 Message-ID: <3B3E5528.82B33EFF@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:39:36 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: matt Cc: Clark Gaylord , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fastforwarding? References: <20010626093545.D49992@sunbay.com> <3B3AB4F8.184A2EFE@softweyr.com> <20010629075815.N55750@e028121.vtacs.vt.edu> <004801c100bf$c35d9c10$6503c23f@XGforce.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message