13 Oct
2000
13 Oct
'00
10:54
True, but a bridge or (layer 2) switch still performs routing. On level 2, yes, but that's still routing. The algorithms are typically different between layer 2 (spanning tree) and layer 3 (distance vector, OSPF, etc.), but routing can be and is performed on both layers.
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