From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: P@draigBrady.com
Cc: bridge@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] forwarding delay
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:08:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040127160843.1569107c.shemminger@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4016B8E3.6050701@draigBrady.com>
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:15:47 +0000
P@draigBrady.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using linux 2.4.20 here and noticed that even
> when STP is disabled for a bridge, the forwarding delay
> still takes affect. Is this correct? I.E. Does the
> bridge need to spend time in the "listening" and
> "learning" states when STP isn't used?
>
> It's an easy work around to set the delay to 0,
> I'm just wondering whether it's a buglet or
> by design.
I think it was a design decision to avoid forwarding data until
some state was acquired. It is annoying if you don't expect it.
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2004-01-27 19:15 [Bridge] forwarding delay P
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