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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:38:25 +0200
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To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
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Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd)
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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.
> 
And how exactly would you describe a bridge then?

Pete


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