Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:10:32 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> Cc: Peter Brezny <peter@cyber1.net>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324150941.17143D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <36F94D41.FBEC5739@sms.fi>
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On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Petri Helenius wrote: > > A switch replicates packets based on their Ethernet destination. > > > And how exactly would you describe a bridge then? Anything I say is going to be able to be picked apart, but a bridge replicates any data it sees for its destination network and just shoves it over. A switch makes an intelligent port-by-port decision. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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