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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 1999 14:23:01 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Peter Brezny <peter@cyber1.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: switch vs bridge (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324142218.17143A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903241431100.10069-100000@lms1.cyber1.net>

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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.

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