On 02/07/02 09:45 +0530, mukund wrote: > here is my 2p. Don't top post please. <snip> > > 1. Can a Linux machine be made to work as a router & a > > bridge at the same time? > yes How? Considering that a bridge has no ip on the routing interfaces (ignoring that there may be a management ip). A router has its interfaces in different subnets.
> > 2.Can we make a Linux machine to behave as a network > > hub,or a network switch? > yes A hub? Possibly a switch, but a hub? > > 3. Can we port Linux kernel on any commercial routers > > available if so what routers are they and any links > > about them? > the archaticture wont match, because router normally us RISC processor. I have not heard of any commercial[1] routers running Linux (some Cisco products run a BSD kernel, but not their routers). > > 4. Can a router act as a bridge or it always works as > > a a bridge? A bridge is a OSI layer 2 device. A router is a layer 3 device. A bridge can deal only with subnets connected directly to it. A router can deal even with devices that are not directly connected. A bridge uses MAC addresses to handle packet flow, a router uses ip addresses. A switch can be treated like a bridge with multiple ports, a hub is a simple repeater with multiple ports. If you do some basic reading, you would understand the difference between these devices and how they work (Tannenbaum). [1]Commercial here implies complanies like Cisco/Juniper and not someone selling a Linux based router (using LRP) Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
