[Gllug] local backup solution

Martin mherda at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 12:03:08 UTC 2010


On 01/14/2010 11:38 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:27:54AM +0000, John wrote:
>    
>> 2010/1/14 Martin<mherda at gmail.com>:
>>      
>>> Thanks, but I know all this stuff (or at least I'm familiar with it) My
>>> question is how to check/assign a default gateway/dns server of a SWITCH
>>> (as opposed to a router).
>>>        
>> A bridge is a device which connects multiple Ethernet segments
>> (collision domains).
>> A switch is nothing more than a multiport bridge.
>>      
> A hub is nothing more than that.  A switch is more, by definition.
>
>    

Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who:)
Without an additional computer functioning as a server, creating a 
private network (LAN?) would be difficult, wouldn't it?

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