On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, fooler wrote: > although a bridge and a switch share most relevant attributes... several > distinctions differentiate these technologies and these are: > > 1) switch have a higher port density and lower per-port cost than bridge > 2) bridge store-and-forward traffic unlike with switch that have a > cut-through switching feature which reduces latency and delays in the > network > 3) switch is more intelligent than bridge like virtual lan (vlan), port > security, flooding controls, etc... > > the emergence of switches is a replacement technology for bridges...
A switch is a bridge.. a bridge is a generic term for a switch. A switches bridges 2 networks. It just that people don't call a switch a bridge these days... -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
