Nate Duehr wrote:
The newbies don't remember bridges. You're going to be here for a while
explaining it if you're in the mood to teach.
How about:
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/course/lan-pages/bridge.html
Some of us remember when you needed them to break up a too-busy LAN into
segments...
Yup: a very expensive box connected via D15 cables to transceivers
larger than a modern ADSL modem+router+switch+wireless box, connected
via a bee-sting tap made with a sort of twist drill bit in a plastic
holder to big fat yellow thick Ethernet cable running at a blistering
10Mb/s.
Ahhh, happy days :-)
John Stumbles
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