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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> Problem is that they call it a bridge and it acts like a switch...

How are you defining the term "switch?"  To me, a bridge is a dual-port
switch, and a switch is a multi-port bridge :) The Linux bridge behavior
described is just plain broken.

> What they should do now is check the destination mac addr and transmit it
> onto the correct device or both...

This is what bridges/switches are supposed to do. If the Linux bridging
software does not, it's a bug.

Cheers,
Mick

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