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1 total messages Started by Paul Koning -- LAS Engineering Fri, 21 Feb 1986 15:08

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Author: Paul Koning -- LAS Engineering
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1986 15:08

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Greg Waters writes:

> As I understand
> our Ethernet bridge product, it's normal mode of operation is that of a "dumb"
> bridge, not a "routing" bridge, so it cannot tolerate cycles and hot standbys
> without that net management stuff.

This is incorrect.  The Digital bridge automatically accounts for loops in
the topology and makes appropriate adjustments.  If a bridge fails and there
is a standby, the standby will take over.  No management is required for this.

	paul koning

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