From owner-freebsd-net Fri Mar 26 20: 0:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from magicnet.magicnet.net (magicnet.magicnet.net [204.96.116.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB6F14F93 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 20:00:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill@bilver.magicnet.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by magicnet.magicnet.net (8.8.6/8.8.8) with UUCP id XAA25101 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:00:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.magicnet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA45159 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:53:30 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Vermillion Message-Id: <199903270353.WAA45159@bilver.magicnet.net> Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) In-Reply-To: <36FC28DA.73DC2E28@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Mar 26, 1999 5:39:54 pm" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:53:29 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wes Peters recently said: > Mike Jenkins wrote: > If you have a layer 3 switch, you don't need a router. A layer three switch is basically just a router configured in hardware as opposed to software. That's part of the claim of wire-speed switching. -- bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message