- 3Com Switch Owner Manual

8 Bridging

Bridging Features and Capabilities

Mixed LAN Bridging

What is It? PathBuilder S24x, 26x, and 27x switches support a mixture of Token Ring and

Ethernet interfaces configured in the same node. This means the PathBuilder S24x,

26x, and 27x switch is able to perform remote Transparent bridging for Ethernet

LANs from the same PathBuilder S24x, 26x, and 27x switch as shown in Figure 6. If

you happen to configure two Ethernet LAN interfaces in the same node, instead of a

mix of one Ethernet and one Token Ring, you can perform local Transparent

bridging between the two Ethernet LANs.

Figure 6. Example of Mixed LAN Bridging in PathBuilder S24x, 26x, and

27x Switch

Note

Mixed LAN operation does not support translational bridging, meaning you

cannot pass LAN traffic from an Ethernet LAN to a Token Ring LAN without

using some sort of conversion software.

For More Details Refer to the “Mixed LAN Operation” section on page 114 for more details.

PB S200

WA N

Port 13

Port 19

Ethernet 2

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

Ethernet 1