Bridge and switch on MT are not the same thing.
Switch , implemented in hardware as you note, once it discovers the
port to use for a MAC address, it only sends data for that MAC out that
port.
Bridge is in software and can be very slow. I doubt that they do any
MAC detection, just send all the data out all the ports. By definition
a bridge does nothing but redistribute the data.
On 2/4/2014 8:24 PM, Stephen Wong wrote:
>From my 2 cents of understanding, ethernet bridge and switch is the same
thing! Just in the good old days, we had 2-port bridge and now, we have
multi-port switch. I know, the 'switch' in a Mikrotik means the switching
fabric is implemented in hardware chips and bridge means the logic is
implemented by software. But other than performance difference (wire speed
vs as-fast-as-your-box-can-go), both are Layer 2 devices to work on MAC
addresses.
Stephen WONG
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote:
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 18:46:35 +0000
From: Paul McCall <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Bridge Ports showing with an S on version 6.7
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+1 on the distinctive letter .... thinking a "B" for bridge? Naaah...
that would make too much sense
:)
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