Date   : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:33:11 +0100
From   : darren.grant@... (Darren Grant)
Subject: Is it a bridge? Was: Master Ethernet upgrade

On 14/07/2009 18:17, "Pete Turnbull" <pete@...> wrote:

> On 14/07/2009 17:11, Darren Grant wrote:
> 
> 
> No, that would actually be a gateway or router.  It *does* need to know
> about the protocols to do PPP over ATM (or whatever), and it doesn't
> just use MAC addresses.  The devices that talk to it don't need to know
> about the protocols, and may only need to know about MAC addresses
> (depending on how it's done), of course.  Actually, of course, what you
> describe is a pair of devices; definitely not a bridge.

Sorry Pete but I disagree, I have used 3com bridges to do exactly this, I
have set-up 2 offices on a single IP Subnet the bridges connect over an X25
connection to each other and no nothing of the protocol used, IP, IPX and
AppleTalk all work over the bridge as the bridge only works by MAC Address.

Darren