Correct!


6. Some disadvantages of bridging versus routing are: (more than one answer)

a. Bridges cannot provide any form of flow control
and
b. Bridges cannot provide congestive feedback information to end nodes
Flow Control and Congestive Feedback are functions of the Network layer. As bridges operate at the Data Link layer, these responsi- bilities fall to the end stations in a bridged environment. Most bridges do offer some filtering capabilities, at least on MAC addresses, and they are much simpler to administer. At first glance, it may appear that bridges create more overhead than routers, due to the BPDU frame that is sent out every second. However, these frames are very small compared to route advertisements sent out by routers, which can grow to be quite large in complex networks. Also, routers must tie Network addresses to Data Link addresses, which often creates more overhead (Example: IP ARP).

Reference: Perlman, Interconnections, Chapter 12.


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