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Re: connecting 3 computers without a router

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Lew Pitcher a écrit :
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>> Orson Cart a écrit :
>>>
>>> Suppose I have 3 pizza boxes, each has 2 x 1 Gbps ethernet ports.
>>> If I connect each to both of the others with crossover cables,
>>>
>>> I eliminate the delay of a router.
[...]
> Assuming that the OP has enough knowledge to properly set up the three
> boxen (assigning proper IP addresses & subnet masks, setting proper
> values in his static route definitions, providing proper /etc/hosts
> values, etc.), then he /might/ have enough knowledge to be able to
> hide the middle boxes two connections under a single "bridge" device.

Middle box ? IIUC the OP's design, each box is directly connected to the
two others, in a triangle topology. A middle box acting as a bridge
introduces at least as much forwarding delay between the two other boxes
as a switch would. Even in the triangle topology, creating a bridge on
each box would require to enable STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) to avoid
loops ; that would effectively disable on of the links and result in one
box being in the middle.

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connecting 3 computers without a router "Orson Cart" <ex-privat@parts.org> - 2011-12-26 01:58 +0100
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2011-12-26 11:26 +0100
    Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2011-12-26 18:46 -0800
      Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2011-12-27 10:45 +0100
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Mark Evans <mpe@anacon.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-12-29 17:33 +0000
    Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Bernhard Kupfer <nntp@compukiller.net> - 2011-12-29 22:14 +0100
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> - 2011-12-30 15:13 -0800
    Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2011-12-31 10:40 -0800
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Christian Brandt <brandtc@psi5.com> - 2012-01-13 14:11 +0100

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