Date   : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:14:46 +0100
From   : mu.list@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: Master Ethernet upgrade

> "Mark Usher" wrote:
> > > A bridge is specifically defined as a same-network to same-network
> > > connection,
> > By whom? Citation?
> 
> AUN Manager's Guide p3 onwards
An Acorn manual is hardly a standards definition. As I am sure you will
agree and have mentioned previously yourself, Acorn's documentation can be
incomplete, misleading or just plain wrong at times.

> Tannenbaum, would need to dig in the basement to check the title
> and page number. Something like "comparitive networking
> technologies"
> Stallings, Data And Computer Communications, p774, p781.
That is also subjective to interpretation as to what criteria the network
technologies are comparative.

Principles of Digital Communication Systems and Computer Networks 
by Dr. K.V. Prasad  

Bridge: 
A bridge interconnects two LANs. If the two LANs use different protocols,
the bridge does the necessary protocol conversion.

Router: 
A network element in a packet-switching network that routes the packets
toward the destination.

Routing: 
The process of forwarding packets toward the destination.

 
> Also, English as she is spoke. A bridge connects two self-similar
> facilites. You travel along a road over a bridge to another road.
> Changing mode from railway to bus requires a connection with more
> capability that a bridge.
Yes, first you mention "self-similar" and then interpret that to be
identical as road to road. This is your personal interpretation - not a
definition. Whilst this may be how you define bridge, others may have a
differing (and not necessarily incorrect) opinion.

Cit: Merriam-Webster
Bridge
1a: a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle
1b: a time, place, or means of connection or transition
2 something resembling a bridge in form of function as
a: the upper bony part of the nose
also: the part of a pair of glasses that rests upon it
b: a piece raising the strings of a musical instrument
c: the forward part of a ship's superstructure from which the ship is
navigated
d: gantry
e: the hand as a rest for a billiards or pool cue; also: a device used as a
cue rest
3a: a musical passage linking two sections of a composition
b: a partial denture anchored to adjacent teeth
c: a connection (as an atom or group of atoms) that joins two different
parts of a molecule (as opposite sides of a ring)
4: an electrical instrument or network for measuring or comparing
resistances, inductances, capacitances, or impedances by comparing the ratio
of two opposing voltages to a known ration