From 8f47948986f3545ba93df6571f87ae5b10ae2977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brueffer Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:17:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] MFC: r201888 bridge(4) acts like a switch, not like a hub. --- share/man/man4/bridge.4 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/bridge.4 index a31891a0cdb..7d45356b974 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/bridge.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/bridge.4 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 8, 2009 +.Dd January 9, 2010 .Dt IF_BRIDGE 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ by-default. A bridge can be used to provide several services, such as a simple 802.11-to-Ethernet bridge for wireless hosts, and traffic isolation. .Pp -A bridge works like a hub, forwarding traffic from one interface +A bridge works like a switch, forwarding traffic from one interface to another. Multicast and broadcast packets are always forwarded to all interfaces that are part of the bridge.