Retro networking / WAN communities

[W2HX]

I could be wrong, but I always thought the distinction between hub and bridge was, all traffic is broadcast to all ports on a hub. A bridge allows traffic to be segregated (albeit still on the same subnet).


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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via cctalk
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 1:29 PM
To: cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Retro networking / WAN communities

On 4/12/22 7:56 AM, Todd Goodman via cctalk wrote:
> The big difference in my mind between bridge and switch is:
> 
>   * Switches learn what port given MACs are on and only sends unicast
>     traffic destined for that MAC address on that port and not all
>   * Bridges send unicast traffic to all ports

So what would differentiate the bridge (using your understanding) from a hub?



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