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Date:      Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:09:56 -0800
From:      Steve Rubin <ser@tch.org>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: switch vs bridge (fwd)
Message-ID:  <19990329190956.A961@tch.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324142218.17143A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 02:23:01PM -0500
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903241431100.10069-100000@lms1.cyber1.net> <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324142218.17143A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>

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On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 02:23:01PM -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Peter Brezny wrote:
> 
> > is a switch the same thing as a multi port bridge?
> 
> Not hardly.
> 
> A switch replicates packets based on their Ethernet destination.

Which is exactly how a bridge behaves.
-- 
Steve Rubin                                       ser@tch.org
TCH Network Services                              http://www.tch.org/


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