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Chapter 9 - Bridging 149
Chapter 9 - Bridging
Global Bridging Configuration Dialog Box
Global Bridging Configuration Dialog Box
v Note: If you need more information about bridging, see “Bridging 101”
in the Appendices to this manual.
Bridging operates on physical network addresses (such as Ethernet
addresses), rather than logical addresses (such as IP or IPX addresses). From
the standpoint of routing, router interfaces which are set to bridge between
themselves appear as a single logical entity.
Thus, a “Bridge Group” is made up of all of the physical network interfaces
in a router which have been set to bridge the same protocol. Whether an inter-
face bridges a protocol is set in the protocol configuration dialog box for each
individual physical interface. See, for instance, the IP Routing/Bridging/Off
radio buttons in the TCP/IP Routing: Ethernet Configuration Dialog Box.