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Bridging Overview
The Internet Appliance (IA) provides the following bridging functions:
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Compliance with the IEEE 802.1d standard
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Wire-speed address-based bridging or flow-based bridging
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Ability to logically segment a transparently bridged network into virtual local-area
networks (VLANs) based on physical ports or protocol (IP or bridged protocols such
as AppleTalk
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Integrated routing and bridging that supports bridging of intra-VLAN traffic and
routing of inter-VLAN traffic
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1d)
Spanning tree (IEEE 802.1d) allows bridges to dynamically discover a subset of the
topology that is loop free. In addition, the loop-free tree that is discovered contains paths
to every LAN segment.
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