another small problem with networking

[Collins]

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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:42:26 -0500
"David A. Bandel" <david at pananix.com> wrote:


> On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 07:57:00 +1000
> begin  Keith Antoine <kantoine at bigpond.net.au> spewed forth:
> 
> > At 05:55 PM 5/01/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > >If you want to know how to put both Win boxes on the same subnet
> > >using the bridge tools, let me know and I'll provide you a short
> > >SxS.
> > >

> 
> First a little theory so you understand what's going on.
> 
> Basically there are three networking devices: gateways, routers, and
> bridges.  These are systems that normally have multiple interfaces.
> 
> For our (very limited) purposes, gateways and routers are the same
> (please don't flame, I know better, but I want to talk about bridges)

Very clear presentation.  Now dummies like me who don't deal with
communications protocols very often would like to know - why would you
use a bridge as opposed to a gateway/router?

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
gentoo 1.4 system