[ih] "The First Router" on Jeopardy

[Dave Crocker]

On 11/23/2021 6:59 AM, Steve Crocker via Internet-history wrote:
> That said, I'll acknowledge that a bridge, which simply flooded the
> channels with whatever came in,


What you've described is a repeater.

A bridge is a repeater that learns where hosts are and becomes selective 
about the packets it forwards.  (I assume Radia is on this list.)

A repeater does not deal with loops.  A bridge does.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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