[HECnet] DECnet et al

What is the difference between a bridge and a switch? I don't want to get into a discussion about layer 2 and layer 3 swutching but afaik a bridge is a two port layer 2 switch. A bridge keeps the traffic that it forwards to a minimum. Which is the difference with a repeater. ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Bob Armstrong Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: RE: [HECnet] DECnet et al Verzonden: 17 juli 2011 20:24 A bridge (hw) maintains a list of mac addresses it sees at each port. FWIW, that's a "switch" at least in the common usage of the word over here. Bob Verzonden vanaf mijn draadloze BlackBerry -toestel