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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:37:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...
Message-ID:  <200403261837.i2QIbTAI092939@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:29:56 -0400 (AST), "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> said:

> What is the difference between Layer2 and Layer3, and what does that
> affect?

"Layer 2 switch" is a fancy name for a bridge.
"Layer 3 switch" is a fancy name for a router.

-GAWollman



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