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From: Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Subject: Re: Bridges
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:59:25 +0200
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Hello,

Grant Taylor a =E9crit :
> On 08/17/10 17:44, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
>> When using a single Linux host with lots of bridges, would there eve=
r be=20
>> a time, even for a few seconds, where traffic would "jump" bridges?
>=20
> No.  Such should not be possible.

It depends what "traffic" means. Ethernet frames, no. IP packets, yes i=
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the box also acts as an IP router between the bridges.