Section 4 | Configure |
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Ethernet Bridge
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Description
Bridges let you join two local area networks, so that they appear to be part of the same physical network. As a bridge for protocols other than TCP/IP, your Gateway keeps track of as many as 255 MAC (Media Access Control) addresses, each of which uniquely identifies an individ- ual host on a network. Your Gateway uses this bridging table to identify which hosts are accessible through which of its network interfaces. The bridging table contains the MAC address of each packet it sees, along with the interface over which it received the packet. Over time, the Gateway learns which hosts are available through its WAN port, its LAN port, and/or its wireless interface.
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