HN741: History of Networking: How Bridging Saved Ethernet

from The Fat Pipe - Most Popular Packet Pushers Pods · host Summerset Banks

Ready to take a trip back to the 1980’s and learn some networking history? We talk with Alan Kirby, who was there forty years ago when the first Ethernet bridge was created at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). He explains the story of why and how it came to be. We discuss how Ethernet compared to... Read more »

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