Subject: Re: bridges,switch
To: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/19/1999 19:21:56
>> i think we should just call a spade a spade.  all the bridges i've
>> driven over only go point to point, never point to multi-point.
>
>Doesn't the TriBorough bridge in New York City connec three different
>boroughs?

well...yes and no.  the triborough bridge does connect queens and
manhattan and the bronx, but it's really three bridges to randalls
park island, and in the center you get to pick a destination.

sort of the same way that a cisco 2505 does/does not give you four
ethernet ports.

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