On 4/16/2013 2:28 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Switches (unlike bridges) do not use store-and-forward. They use cut-through... This is incorrect Roy. The default forwarding mode of all IEEE 802.3 compliant switches is store and forward. All unmanaged switches use this forwarding mode. Cut-through is an optimization and is optional only on managed switches. And these aren't the only two forwarding modes in managed switches today. Switch routers do layer 3 as well as 2 forwarding, and switches offering VLANs, QOS, and other features use different forwarding methods still. But TTBOMK, all vendors' managed switches default to store and forward, as that is the IEEE 802.3 standard. -- Stan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
