>You know, I really would like to see an answer to this. I wound =
up arguing
with an instructor at a Pacific Bell class about bridging, =
shouting that
people don't BRIDGE across WANs, they ROUTE. He insisted that =
lots of
people do it. Him being the 20-year telco veteran, and me being =
the
knucklehead dumb enough to take a frame relay (er, 'FastPacket =
(TM)')
marketing class, I sat down and shut up.
Actually, you'd be surprised how many people bridge across WAN =
links. Then they complain because their network is slow.=20
I am also Microsoft Certified in TCP/IP and they RECOMMEND NetBEUI =
as the protocol of choice on LANS, and if you run NetBEUI on your =
LAN and add a remote office (also using NetBEUI), guess =
what...they bridge!
I learned that you route when you can (NetBEUI over TCP/IP), =
bridge when you HAVE to.=20
Routing is preferred.
Kyle Platts
CSS-Tech
!NTERPRISE Networking Services
>But who does this? And why? I just don't get bridging over ISDN =
or other
slower-than-wire speeds. Feedback on this topic would be =
appreciated. =20
>Damien