HN741: History of Networking: How Bridging Saved Ethernet

From The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods Packet Pushers Team

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 »