Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:09:56 -0800 From: Steve Rubin <ser@tch.org> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) Message-ID: <19990329190956.A961@tch.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324142218.17143A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 02:23:01PM -0500 References: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903241431100.10069-100000@lms1.cyber1.net> <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324142218.17143A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 02:23:01PM -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote: > On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Peter Brezny wrote: > > > is a switch the same thing as a multi port bridge? > > Not hardly. > > A switch replicates packets based on their Ethernet destination. Which is exactly how a bridge behaves. -- Steve Rubin ser@tch.org TCH Network Services http://www.tch.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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