I don't think that's right. What you're defining is a hub (repeating
everything out every port). MT bridges do learn. In general
networking terms, a switch is considered to be a multiport bridge. In
the MT world, I've always assumed the difference between switching and
bridging to be as Stephen said. Switching is done in hardware, while
bridging is done in software. But as far as basic function goes, I
think they're very similar. I think bridging gives you more knobs and
levers to manipulate things, due to it being done in software.
Craig
Quoting Scott Reed <[email protected]>:
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
To: Mikrotik discussions <[email protected]>
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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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