I'm a believer in the KISS principle. Given your requirements, you should
be able to use bridging without any problems. I'd go with bridging and
monitor line utilization. If it starts to creep up, or you are seeing high
peaks, then turn on routing and WINS.
Irwin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Zsenak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 8:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Routing or Bridging?
>
> Hello group,
>
> I am looking for an opinion on whether to use routing
> or bridging in this situation.
>
> Two offices connected via 128k Frame Relay using only
> TCP/IP protocol. 30 users in one office 10 in the
> other. There are only servers in the first office.
> Servers are Win NT. Workstations are mostly Win 95
> with some NT.
>
> Would you use routing or bridging to connect them?
> With a bridge they could all be on the same subnet but
> wouldn't that cause a lot of broadcast traffic on the
> WAN?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> Newly Minted CCNA
>
>
>
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