Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:55:27 -0500 From: exidor@superior.net (Christopher Masto) To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ipx to ip routing Message-ID: <199611202155.QAA20162@nimbus.superior.net> In-Reply-To: <199611201716.LAA07479@brasil.moneng.mei.com>; from Joe Greco on Nov 20, 1996 11:16:31 -0600 References: <199611201703.MAA11015@nimbus.superior.net> <199611201716.LAA07479@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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Joe Greco writes: > Ethernet switches are not supposed to do anything other than MAC level > address routing. > > Switches by definition will certainly allow IP address collisions because > they do not have a clue what the hell an IP address is. > > The other disadvantage of switches is the potentially large amount of > ARP'ing that can go on to locate hosts in such a network. I guess you're not aware of some of the stuff Synoptics/Bay makes. Check it out sometime - it may come in handy some day. -- Christopher Masto . . . . Superior Net Support: support@superior.net chris@masto.com . . . . . Masto Consulting: info@masto.com On Flight Attendants, International: The stewardesses of Southwest Airlines must go through four steps, such as hardship, tiredment, dirt feeling. Beside the quality of general stewardess. - from the first edition of Chinese airline Southwest Civil Aviation's - Inflight Magazine.
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