At 10:14 AM 10/22/01, Mike Sweeney wrote: >Shared is your basic hub Hub or cabling, i.e. 10Base2 or 10Base 5. All stations hear each other's frames. They all contend for and share the bandwidth. They are affected by each other's collisions.
>or bridge.. A bridge divides up collision domains. Stations on opposites of the bridge do not share bandwidth and do not see each other frames, unless forwarded by the bridge. The bridge forwards to a specific device (and floods broadcasts and unknown unicasts) just like a switch. Stations on opposite sides of a bridge are not affected by each other's collisions. >layer two.. no switching.. what one >workstation/host/device sees, all will see. > >MikeS ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23798&t=23764 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
