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Article #6What is an 8209 - really ?
From: Ken Harstine
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 16:02
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 16:02
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The 8209 really is a bridge. As far as I know, the nodes on either side of the bridge can communicate with each other totally transparently. They do not even know that the bridge is there. The bridge is totally self configuring. At power up it finds out who is out there, and then remmebers that information when a message arrives on either net. This is all strictly from a low level user perspective. In essence though the above is how it appears to work. I have worked with both versions of the box, (ethernet to token ring, and token ring to token ring). ---Ken Harstine
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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.mtholyoke.edu!mhc.mtholyoke.edu!kharstin From: kharstin@MtHolyoke.edu (Ken Harstine) Subject: What is an 8209 - really ? Message-ID: <Bx3J7p.38w@mtholyoke.edu> Sender: news@mtholyoke.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Mount Holyoke College X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 16:02:12 GMT Lines: 13