Re: Layer 3 switching...

Op do, 04-10-2007 te 15:56 -0500, schreef Grant Taylor:
> Is it even possible or even worth while to do layer 3 switching
> (bridging) on a Linux system?
> 
> Or would this be considered routing even though everything is done on
> OSI Layer 2?
> 
> Which would be faster, Layer 3 switching (bridging) on OSI Layer 2 or
> routing on OSI Layer 3?


Layer 3 switching will be faster since the routing will queue the packet
once more, which really slows down things.

cheers,
Bart



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