DEC’s LAN Bridge 100 was a major milestone in the history of Ethernet which made it a viable option for the ever-growing LANs of yesteryear and today. Its history is also the topic of a recent ...

Wondering what Bridge Mode on your browser settings means? Learn what it is, how it works, when to use it, and potential security risks.

As a so-called ‘learning bridge’, it operated on Layer 2 of the network stack, learning the MAC addresses of the connected systems and forwarding only those packets that were relevant for the ...

A section of a local area network that is used by a particular workgroup or department and separated from the rest of the LAN by a bridge, router or switch. Networks are divided into multiple ...

Bridge Mode turns off a router's routing capabilities, letting it act as a network "bridge" (hence the name). In simpler terms, Bridge Mode allows two routers to work together as one single ...