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>diff -u chapter.new.sgml chapter.sgml
>--- chapter.sgml	Mon Apr 28 09:06:55 2003 v 1.208
>+++ chapter.new.sgml	Thu May  1 13:07:52 2003
>@@ -1061,19 +1061,7 @@
> 
>       <para>as well.</para>
>     </sect2>
>-
>-    <sect2>
>-      <title>Performance</title>
>-
>-      <para>My bridge/firewall is a Pentium 90 with one 3Com 3C900B
>-	and one 3C905B.  The protected side of the network runs at
>-	10&nbsp;mbps half duplex and the connection between the bridge
>-	and my router (a Cisco 675) runs at 100&nbsp;mbps full duplex.
>-	With no filtering enabled, I have found that the bridge adds
>-	about 0.4&nbsp;milliseconds of latency to pings from the
>-	protected 10&nbsp;mbps network to the Cisco 675.</para>
>-    </sect2>
>-
>+    
>     <sect2>
>       <title>Other Information</title>
> 
>@@ -1085,6 +1073,23 @@
>       <para>If you have multiple bridges on your network, there cannot be more
> 	than one path between any two workstations.  Technically, this means
> 	that there is no support for spanning tree link management.</para>
>+
>+      <para>A bridge can increase the reaction times in your network by
>+        adding a lateny to your ping times, especially for traffic from
>+        one segment to another. 
>+      
>+        <example>
>+          <title>Increased ping times caused by a bridge</title>
>+        
>+          <para>A bridge/firewall was tested on a Pentium 90 with one
>+            3Com 3C900B and one 3C905B.  The protected side of the network
>+            ran at 10&nbsp;mbps half duplex and the connection between the
>+            bridge and the router (a Cisco 675) ran at 100&nbsp;mbps full
>+            duplex.  With no filtering enabled, the bridge added about
>+            0.4&nbsp;milliseconds of latency to pings from the protected
>+            10&nbsp;mbps network to the Cisco 675 router.</para>
>+        </example>
>+      </para>
>     </sect2>
>   </sect1>

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