Re: SV: SV: Increase number of available ip-addresses

Lee Sharp <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:11:01 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 09/16/2013 04:19 AM, Ulrik Lunddahl wrote:

> My point with this comment was to remind everyone that Wireless
 > Ethernet is nothing close to switches, If you have to compare them
 > to anything, they should be seen more like hubs.

Not really.  They do not forward everything, but they do forward all 
broadcast.  it is kind of a hubbed switch.  The WiFi side is a hub and 
all communication is shared, but the bridge between the WiFi and wired 
is switched.  And if you choose "user mode isolation" a lot of the local 
side hub goes away, but the contention does not.

WiFi is an ugly design, but it is popular. :)

			Lee