Prestige 2602H/HW Series User’s Guide
CHAPTER 31
Bridging Setup
This chapter shows you how to configure the bridging parameters of your Prestige.
31.1 Bridging in General
Bridging bases the forwarding decision on the MAC (Media Access Control), or hardware address, while routing does it on the network layer (IP) address. Bridging allows the Prestige to transport packets of network layer protocols that it does not route, for example, SNA, from one network to another. The caveat is that, compared to routing, bridging generates more traffic for the same network layer protocol, and it also demands more CPU cycles and memory.
For efficiency reasons, do not turn on bridging unless you need to support protocols other than IP on your network. For IP, enable the routing if you need it; do not bridge what the Prestige can route.
31.2Bridge Ethernet Setup
Basically, all
31.2.1Remote Node Bridging Setup
Follow the procedure in another section to configure the
1To setup Menu 11.3 – Remote Node Network Layer Options shown in the next figure, follow these steps:
2In menu 11.1, make sure the Bridge field is set to Yes.
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