Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:25:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-6@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r202436 - stable/6/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201001160925.o0G9PO8w053156@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brueffer Date: Sat Jan 16 09:25:24 2010 New Revision: 202436 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/202436 Log: MFC: r201888 bridge(4) acts like a switch, not like a hub. Modified: stable/6/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 Directory Properties: stable/6/share/man/man4/ (props changed) Modified: stable/6/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 ============================================================================== --- stable/6/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 Sat Jan 16 09:24:12 2010 (r202435) +++ stable/6/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 Sat Jan 16 09:25:24 2010 (r202436) @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 17, 2007 +.Dd January 9, 2010 .Dt IF_BRIDGE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The address can be changed by assigning A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple 802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation. .Pp -A bridge works like a hub, forwarding traffic from one interface +A bridge works like a switch, forwarding traffic from one interface to another. Multicast and broadcast packets are always forwarded to all interfaces that are part of the bridge.
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