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From: Cameron Schaus <cam@schaus.ca>
To: sleon@sleon.dyndns.org
Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] linux bridge does not bridge bpdu packets
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:20:31 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <462A9C3F.1010600@schaus.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <60846.193.196.136.17.1177202163.squirrel@sleon.dyndns.org>

Roman Glebov wrote:

>The problem is : all stp packets which come to one side of the Bridge are
>not forwarded to the other side. Which distrubs stp when this device is
>put inbetween of two stp capable devices.
>It forwards all traffik through it.
>Normal udp/tcp traffik is forwarded.
>
>I switched stp on it "off" so it does not participate in Spanning tree
>communications.
>  
>
I don't think you are doing anything wrong.  I asked this question a 
while back, and was told that this behaviour conforms to the 802 spec.
Please see: 
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bridge/2006-December/005169.html

Cam


  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-21 23:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-22  0:36 [Bridge] linux bridge does not bridge bpdu packets Roman Glebov
2007-04-21 23:20 ` Cameron Schaus [this message]
2007-04-22 10:15   ` Roman Glebov
2007-04-22 16:50 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-04-23  9:53   ` Roman Glebov
2007-04-23 13:52     ` Roman Glebov
2007-04-23 23:56       ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-04-25  6:55         ` [Bridge] " Benny Amorsen

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