Retro networking / WAN communities

Grant Taylor cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net
Tue Apr 12 12:25:59 CDT 2022


On 4/12/22 8:50 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> A device that doesn't do address learning and floods unicast frames 
> is not a bridge but rather a non-standard piece hardware.

I feel like a "hub" qualifies as "a device that doesn't do address 
learning and floods unicast frames".

To me, the fundamental difference between a hub and a switch / bridge is 
address learning.

I can't tell if your (quoted) statement is specific to /just/ bridges / 
switches or could include hubs.  Your first comment addresses bridges 
directly, thus meaning that your second non-targeted comment might 
target more.



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