Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:28:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Load balancing Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.981007102658.563A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981006220817.00f7f3d4@207.227.119.2>
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > Just what is meant by layer4 vs layer 3 or layer 2 switching, the last being > most common. Not sure if they count up or down (up? from hardware > level). >From the bottom up. Layer 2 - Switching by MAC Layer 3 - Switching by IP (router, sorta) Layer 4 - Switching by TCP/UDP port, which makes no sense to me. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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