Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 16:06:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Sean Lutner <sean@rentul.net>, Nick Evans <nevans@nextvenue.com>, "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bridging Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007071523590.78571-100000@rapidnet.com> In-Reply-To: <200007072116.RAA95711@whizzo.transsys.com>
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Louis A. Mamakos wrote: > They can't be in the same collision domain -- the only way to do that > is to have an Ethernet repeater which repeats bit by bit fron one > segment to another, and propagating a collision on one segment as a > jam on another. > > On a FreeBSD box, where you interfaces to ethernet segments are NIC > cards, you can't get your hands on the ethernet frame until the > NIC has received it completely. Thus, you don't have to opportunity > to act as a repeater (not that you'd want to anyway) to have a > single collision domain. You know, you are right...never thought it through completely before I sent my reply. Sorry everyone for the wasted bandwidth. Have 1 more question (has to do with this bridging deal): Anyone working on load-sharing/load-balancing or clustering network solution with FreeBSD? Nick Rogness - Speak softly and carry a Gigabit switch. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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