----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Chaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [plug] [BRIDGING 2 NICS - brctl utility]
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 12:55:08PM +0800, fooler wrote: > > 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 > > Most switches nowadays are store & forward; it's nearly impossible to > find a cut-through. Even the little US$50 Netgear switches are store & > forward. some or few switches support cut-through like this one http://www.cresca.co.nz/switches.html previous model of netgear supported also http://www.uni.ru/dist/netgear/pdf/fs508.pdf > > > 3) switch is more intelligent than bridge like virtual lan (vlan), port > > security, flooding controls, etc... > > Higher end switches, yes. lower end switch like cisco 1900 support all those above... fooler. -- 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
