Layer 3 switching...

DISCUSSION Grant Taylor 1 participant 1 message Oct 4, 2007

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Grant Taylor

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2007-10-04 20:57 UTC #0 lore raw

Is it even possible or even worth while to do layer 3 switching (bridging) on a Linux system?

Or would this be considered routing even though everything is done on OSI Layer 2?

Which would be faster, Layer 3 switching (bridging) on OSI Layer 2 or routing on OSI Layer 3?

Grant. . . .