On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 03:26:26PM -0500, Logan Bowers wrote:
> I'm only speculating, but in bridging mode, the machine would have to
> forward all broadcast and arp packets, but when acting as a router, it
> would not. On a 486, I suspect that the difference is non-trivial.
OK, that makes sense. Well, most of the processing is in the reception of
the packet (which a router would do as well), and not the transmitting.
And the bridge forwarding decision is lighter than the forwarding decision
in the routing case. So it probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference.
cheers,
Lennert
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