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From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Subject: Re: Forward packets from one interface to another?
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:45:07 -0800
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> You say yourself that your problem is the lack of a switch; i.e. you want
> your Linux machine to serve as the switch; i.e. you need a Linux bridge

In other words, a "switch" is merely a multi-port bridge.

rick jones