Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 15:03:09 +0200 From: Johann Kois <J.Kois@web.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: murray@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/51658: [PATCH] - PR docs/50665 - fix suggestion Message-ID: <200305011503.09378.J.Kois@web.de> Resent-Message-ID: <200305011310.h41DAG75022134@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 51658
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] - PR docs/50665 - fix suggestion
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu May 01 06:10:15 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Johann Kois
>Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #2 : Tue Dec 10 12:26:58 CET 2002, rta0043@MEIDESKTOP:/usr/src/sys/compile/FREEBSD i386
>Description:
Fix suggestion for PR docs/50665
paragraph does not use first person any longer and has moved to "other information"
paragraph enclosed in <example>-tag.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read handbook section 19.4.5
>Fix:
diff-file:
--- begin of diff-file: ---
--- chapter.sgml: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml,v 1.208 ---
=================================================================================================
diff -u chapter.new.sgml chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml Mon Apr 28 09:06:55 2003 v 1.208
+++ chapter.new.sgml Thu May 1 13:07:52 2003
@@ -1061,19 +1061,7 @@
<para>as well.</para>
</sect2>
-
- <sect2>
- <title>Performance</title>
-
- <para>My bridge/firewall is a Pentium 90 with one 3Com 3C900B
- and one 3C905B. The protected side of the network runs at
- 10 mbps half duplex and the connection between the bridge
- and my router (a Cisco 675) runs at 100 mbps full duplex.
- With no filtering enabled, I have found that the bridge adds
- about 0.4 milliseconds of latency to pings from the
- protected 10 mbps network to the Cisco 675.</para>
- </sect2>
-
+
<sect2>
<title>Other Information</title>
@@ -1085,6 +1073,23 @@
<para>If you have multiple bridges on your network, there cannot be more
than one path between any two workstations. Technically, this means
that there is no support for spanning tree link management.</para>
+
+ <para>A bridge can increase the reaction times in your network by
+ adding a lateny to your ping times, especially for traffic from
+ one segment to another.
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Increased ping times caused by a bridge</title>
+
+ <para>A bridge/firewall was tested on a Pentium 90 with one
+ 3Com 3C900B and one 3C905B. The protected side of the network
+ ran at 10 mbps half duplex and the connection between the
+ bridge and the router (a Cisco 675) ran at 100 mbps full
+ duplex. With no filtering enabled, the bridge added about
+ 0.4 milliseconds of latency to pings from the protected
+ 10 mbps network to the Cisco 675 router.</para>
+ </example>
+ </para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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