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Re: decision difference between a routed and/or bridged lan

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david nnaemeka wrote:
> what is the functional, or decisional difference between a routed LAN
> and a bridged LAN? I really don't get the differences clear except that
> they both operate at different layers of the OSI model. can anyone help
> explain what determines why a network administrator should opt for a
> routed or bridged LAN or even both, if possible?
>

Not trying to be Albert Einstein here :-)

My Wireless is 'Bridged' sot that any client requesting
a DHCP Address gets one offered by the 'Router' which
is essentially a NAT machine sitting behind a Cisco cable
modem.

Internallu everything is on 10.0.68.* bridged wireless aswell,
externally I'm on whatever the ISP tells me.

If you have like to floors i.e. 'Office' and say 'Webdesign'
a bridge would mean that anyone could talk to anyone
on an instant (they're on the same subnet), whereas if you route
the traffic you can control routing :-)
[Between subnets and possibly outgoing]


	-rasp




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See why I hate Windows users?
      All pain, no gain.
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decision difference between a routed and/or bridged lan david nnaemeka <odimegwudavid@yahoo.fr> - 2012-08-22 09:02 +0100
  Re: decision difference between a routed and/or bridged lan Ralph Spitzner <rasp@spitzner.org> - 2012-08-22 11:54 +0200

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