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2. It uses dedicated hardware to accelerate the address filtering
operation to ensure the highest possible performance in an 802.3 to
802.3 bridge (Figure 1-1).
Figure 1-1. Bridge Module Hardware Design
Transparent Operation
The ONline Ethernet Bridge Module operates transparently to other
stations on the LAN, therefore no special software is required on any
other station. This means an extended LAN using Ethernet Bridge
Modules can support any protocol that runs over IEEE 802.3 LANs, such
as Sun Microsystems NFS, Novell Inc. NetWare, 3Com 3+, and other
products based on protocols such as XNS, TCP/IP, and ISO.