Re: Make a linux Switch
On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 08:15:33PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> 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 ...
>
> hubs bridge. switches do layer 2 routing (avoiding technicalities)
>
> Linux can't currently do vlans, but i guess it's work in progress ..
No, hubs don't bridge. A hub is simply a multi-port repeater, where as a
switch is a multi-port bridge.
A bridge passes traffic, based on the packets MAC address, only if it has to
be passed to another physical network to get to it's destination.
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