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Q: Switch vs bridge
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| drdirt 2002-10-27, 5:54 pm |
| Are bridges faster than switches?
Not only haven't found written answer, I can't get my hands on a bridge to ask it.
Help would be appreciated. | |
| mindmesh 2002-10-27, 8:13 pm |
| I believe switches are faster. They give you full bandwidth from Port to Port (on the switch) where I believe that all traffice that passes thru the bridge shares its bandwidth..
Correct me if I'm wrong. | |
| dmaftei 2002-10-27, 8:27 pm |
| Switches are faster because they are hardware based; bridges are software based. By the same token, layer 3 switches (hardware) are faster than routers (software). |
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