Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:38:25 +0200 From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Peter Brezny <peter@cyber1.net>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switch vs bridge (fwd) Message-ID: <36F94D41.FBEC5739@sms.fi> References: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990324142218.17143A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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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. > And how exactly would you describe a bridge then? Pete To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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