[ snips ] On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:42:26 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 07:57:00 +1000 > begin Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > > At 05:55 PM 5/01/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > >If you want to know how to put both Win boxes on the same subnet > > >using the bridge tools, let me know and I'll provide you a short > > >SxS. > > > > > First a little theory so you understand what's going on. > > Basically there are three networking devices: gateways, routers, and > bridges. These are systems that normally have multiple interfaces. > > For our (very limited) purposes, gateways and routers are the same > (please don't flame, I know better, but I want to talk about bridges) Very clear presentation. Now dummies like me who don't deal with communications protocols very often would like to know - why would you use a bridge as opposed to a gateway/router? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
