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RE: Make a linux Switch



On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brendon Baumgartner wrote:

 : Ah ha! Looks like it might be possible. Acording to a howto, bridging is
 : like switching and linux can bridge. Is bridging really like switching
 : though? I didn't think it was myself. COuld be wrong ...

hubs bridge.  switches do layer 2 routing (avoiding technicalities)

Linux can't currently do vlans, but i guess it's work in progress ..

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