On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 04:54:16PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have configured a bridge for both the 2.4.17 and 2.4.19 kernels. I have > been successful in passing Ethernet traffic between two Ethernet ports, an > Ethernet port and a 1394 port with the Ethernet interface enabled, and an > Ethernet port and a proprietary device. > > My problem is when I enslave a device to the bridge I lose Ethernet > connectivity for about 30 seconds. I cannot ping out and I cannot mount an > external file system. I keep getting "No route to host", but my route > table looks fine. Then after 30 seconds it works again. > > Any ideas?
Yes. It's the spanningtree rediscovery & re-learning period. You can drop it by tuning the learning time outs etc. with brctl. HEndrik > > Thanks, > > John Penn _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
