Thanks for the explanation! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MrC Sent: 16 November 2005 20:10 To: [email protected] Subject: [slim] Re: MAC address
ChrisB Wrote: > So essentially it was done to make bridging work without putting > additional strain on the wireless card? No, thats not it. 2 MAC addresses are simply not necessary. Here's a simplification. Think of the SB acting like a switch wrt. forwarding packets between the networks. A switch has no need for MAC addresses for each of its ports. And think of the SB device itself (ie. an ethernet device that plays music) as the part that requires a MAC address. The bridge will learn about devices that reside on each side of the bridge. LAN A can only transmit packets to the port A side of the bridge and LAB B can only transmit to the B side. There's no confusion or problems. The bridge broadcasts and forwards as necessary based upon the MAC addresses it has learned when a station transmits a packet. -- MrC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18251 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
