RE: Make a linux Switch
Switches are really just bridges with lots of ports, or at least that was
how it was in the 10mbit days, I haven't had the time to look at it much
since.
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brendon Baumgartner wrote:
> Ah ha! Looks like it might be possible. Acording to a howto, bridging is
> like switching and linux can bridge. Is bridging really like switching
> though? I didn't think it was myself. COuld be wrong ...
>
> bb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Gonzalez/netMDC admin [mailto:ekool@ns1.netmdc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:13 PM
> To: Brendon Baumgartner
> Cc: debian-isp@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Make a linux Switch
>
>
> Dont think that's possible with current software, you can route the
> networks with linux, but you cant turn the linux box into a "switch"
> AFAIK, it might be possible, but not that i know of.
>
> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brendon Baumgartner wrote:
>
> >How can I make a switch with a few NICs and linux? I would like everything
> >to be one network instead of a bunch of small networks. Anyone know or know
> >of docs?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Brendon
> >
> >
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