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What is an 8209 - really ?

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From: Ken Harstine
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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From: kharstin@MtHolyoke.edu (Ken Harstine)
Subject: What is an 8209 - really ?
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