brouter - bridging non routable (layer 3?!) addresses - terminology question
A brouter is said to bridge non routable prtocols. But aren't non routable protocols still Layer 3? I guess it's not routing 'cos it doesn't involve a routing table. Functionally I suppose it's bridging. So I guess it's bridging at layer 3?
so a brouter does either bridging at layer 3 or routing at layer 3 - depending on the protocol.
I had never heard of bridging at layer 3.
am I right?
I know brouter is considered by some to be not such a serious term. But it does bring up that OSI terminology question.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by q_q_anonymous in Ethernet LAN
