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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:10:43 -0800
From: Abhijit Kumbhare <abhijitk@nortelnetworks.com>
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Subject: [Bridge] Adding same physical port to multiple bridges
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Hi,

Is there any particular reason why the same physical port cannot be 
added to multiple bridges? Is it because of STP?

If I am not using STP - can I change the code to have the same physical 
port in 2 VLANs? Is that a safe change?

Thanks,
Abhijit