On 1/17/06, Shakthi Kannan <cyborg4k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
--- Mano <manokaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If there are so many p to p transfers taking place
and ethernet is
really a bottleneck then an alternate would've been
developed. That it
does not exist means that either there are not too
many such instances
around the world or that it is not a bottleneck. Or
both!
Don't beat around the bush.
The reason for TCP/IP on ethernet to be successful is
because it was simple. Remember, even when OSI was a
standard model, TCP/IP became popular because it
worked.
Haha! Please don't reply for the sake of replying.
A switch operates in layer 2 (data-link), while a
router operates in layer 3 (IP).