Compatible Systems 5.4 Manuale Utente

Global Bridging Configuration Dialog Box

v Note:  If you need more information about bridging, see “Bridging 101” 
in the Appendices to this manual.

Bridging operates on physical network addresses (such as Ethernet 
addresses), rather than logical addresses (such as IP or IPX addresses). From 
the standpoint of routing, router interfaces which are set to bridge between 
themselves appear as a single logical entity.

Thus, a “Bridge Group” is made up of all of the physical network interfaces 
in a router which have been set to bridge the same protocol. Whether an inter-
face bridges a protocol is set in the protocol configuration dialog box for each 
individual physical interface. See, for instance, the IP Routing/Bridging/Off 
radio buttons in the TCP/IP Routing: Ethernet Configuration Dialog Box.