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From: goodloe@b11.ingr.com (Tony Goodloe)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: BRIDGE's (ROUTER's) (GATEWAY's)
Message-ID: <5635@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 7 Aug 89 13:47:36 GMT
References: <11146@ibmpcug.UUCP>
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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In article <11146@ibmpcug.UUCP>, bobkil@ibmpcug.UUCP (Bob Kilgore) writes:
> I don't
> think the description left room for a 'remote bridge'.

I know that there are lots of "definitions" out there. I would like to
hear your definition of a "bridge" the precludes "remote." I define a
bridge as a device that connects multiple nets at the MAC layer. A
router does so at the network layer. A gateway does so at higher layers,
and a repeater does so at the physical layer. My definitions don't have
any mention of the geographic extent. I know of local and remote
repeaters, bridges, and routers. I have not seen any local gateways
though. Just curious.

tony