Not necessarily.  Back when bridges were popular, Vitalink bridges came
with multiple WAN links...

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Erik E. Fair wrote:
> 
> > In the modern world, there is no difference between a bridge and a switch.
> > I don't think it's even possible to find a bridge that isn't a "learning
> > bridge" these days.
> 
> Well, bridges always tend to have exactly two ports. :-)
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 

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