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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@amorsen.dk>
Cc: bridge@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] Re: PVST
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:48:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070427114814.66962558@freekitty> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3zm4udjbv.fsf@ursa.amorsen.dk>

On 27 Apr 2007 15:43:00 +0200
Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@amorsen.dk> wrote:

> >>>>> "SH" == Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> SH> Someone had sent some patches to do PVST, but PVST seems to be
> SH> Cisco centric. and the patched version was too inflexible, so I
> SH> didn't put it in mainline.
> 
> PVST is indeed Cisco centric. It is also the only way to stay sane if
> you have several VLAN's.
> 
> However, isn't PVST the same as making a br100 out of eth0.100 and
> eth1.100, and turning STP on? Hopefully the STP packets should then
> emerge with a VLAN tag of 100.
> 
> 
> /Benny
> 
> 
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The problem is if you bridge two vlan's then the Cisco box will
see two STP bpdu's arrive, and conclude that there is a cycle and
bring the link down.

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-27 18:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-27  0:47 [Bridge] PVST Leigh Sharpe
2007-04-27  4:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-04-27  4:53   ` Leigh Sharpe
2007-04-27 10:38     ` Leigh Sharpe
2007-04-27 13:43   ` [Bridge] PVST Benny Amorsen
2007-04-27 18:48     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2007-04-27 23:19       ` Benny Amorsen

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