On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 04:01 -0500, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 09:28:14PM -0500, SOTL wrote:
<snip>
> So the point here is that, while a bridge would directly route traffic
> to specific machines on different network segments, a router whose
> routing tables are properly set up (with a separate gateway on the other
> network segment(s)) could perform the same function. It mainly depends
> on how your routes are set up.
>
> Right?
Correct. For the non-geek types, who may are still confused, here is an
example of a bridge:
I just set up a bridge at my friends' house because their son was
driving them insane with noise from his xbox games.
I set up an old laptop, with two nics: one to connect to the wireless
router and one bridge packets to the xbox. Their son could now use the
television farthest away from the living room but still play online.
The laptop isn't using any of the packets itself, it is just doing a
fireman's chain of packets from one NIC to the other and thus, bridging
the xbox to the router.
The Logan
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