Date   : Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:32:03 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Master Ethernet upgrade

"Mark Usher" wrote:
> So call it what you want, but Bridge is the convenient term that
> encapsulates the multi-faceted functionality.
 
A bridge is specifically defined as a same-network to same-network
connection, so anything with any sort of multi-faceted
functionality is not a bridge. It's either a gateway (connects
differing networks) or a router (connects same or differing
networks, able to process packets)
 
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