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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

2702.0. "Can a PEswitch be used like this?" by STRWRS::KOCH_P (It never hurts to ask...) Fri Sep 01 1995 15:59

    I have a customer who want to hook up a standalone PEswitch 900TX as
    follows:
    
    Port 1,2,3,4 - workstation
    
    Port 5 - Kalpana switch
    
    Port 6 - 3COM switch hooked to backbone
    
    FDDI will be hooked up at a later time. So, it looks like they want the
    backbone and the systems hooked to the Kalpana to talk to the
    workstations on the PEswitch. If I've interpreted bridging correctly,
    this should not violate the 64 address rule. Am I correct?

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2702.1 NPSS::WADE Network Systems Support Tue Sep 05 1995 17:29 7

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2702.1		NPSS::WADE	Network Systems Support	`Tue Sep 05 1995 17:29`	7
	The only gotcha here is the forwarding db for all six Ethernet ports combined is limited to 64 addresses. If there are more than 64 addresses on the Ethernet side the bridge will essentially be flooding.

    
    The only gotcha here is the forwarding db for all six Ethernet ports
    combined is limited to 64 addresses.  
            
    If there are more than 64 addresses on the Ethernet side the bridge
    will essentially be flooding.