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Article #30Re: using active hubs & FDDI
From: Amit Shah
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 17:09
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 17:09
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In article <l7n4m5INN35c@skat.usc.edu> tli@skat.usc.edu (Tony Li) writes: >In article <1992Aug1.073837.10426@e2big.mko.dec.com> pettengill@cvg.enet.dec.com () writes: > > Nit: > > The term used is `translating bridges'; bridges are by nature `transparent'. > >Nit nit: > >Translating bridges which do things like fragment IP packets are not >transparent. Therefore, they're not bridges. ;-) > If I may (nit)*3: The transparency is to the end-nodes, which is still maintained. It may not be a "true" bridge (if there is such a beast) but it still is transparent. -- Amit Shah Sys. Engg. & Prod. Planning Engineer Ph.:(408)987 2479 High Speed Networking Fax:(408)987 2814 901 Thompson Place, M/S 70 email:amit.shah@amd.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!news2me.ebay.sun.com!exodus.Eng.Sun.COM!sun!amdcad!angelo!shah From: shah@angelo.amd.com (Amit Shah) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.fddi Subject: Re: using active hubs & FDDI Message-ID: <1992Aug3.170958.22420@amd.com> Date: 3 Aug 92 17:09:58 GMT References: <nrksjfc@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> <1992Aug1.073837.10426@e2big.mko.dec.com> <l7n4m5INN35c@skat.usc.edu> Sender: usenet@amd.com (NetNews) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: angelo