Should have said: int to0 source-bridge 6 1 8 int to1 source-bridge 8 1 6
(In the previous version I forgot to change one of them to to1! ;-) Priscilla At 08:43 PM 6/4/02, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: >At 07:06 PM 6/4/02, Nelson Herron wrote: > >I have an Olicom switch configured with two rings > >OK, got that. > > >under separate TrBRFs with > >Win2k clients running NetBEUI attached to each ring. I have tried a couple > >of different methods of bridging starting with a simple SRB and then a > >multi-port SRB. I have "source 6 1 4094" and "source spanning" on one To > >interface and "source 8 1 4094" and "source spanning" on the other in the > >current configuration > >So you have a router in addition to the Olicom switch? (A router doing >bridging?) What are the ring numbers? Have you made sure that for the ring >between the switch and router that the switch and router agree on the ring >number? > >Where are the clients? Where are the servers? > >We need a picture or more precise textual description of the topology... > >You probably don't need source spanning? I bet basic SRB would work. >Definitely start with the simplest first. Don't do spanning or multi-port >bridging until you get basic SRB working. > >Let's say that your network around the router/bridge looks like this: > >ring 6--To0 Router/Bridge To1--ring 8 > >The config should be really simple, unless I'm missing something. Let's >call the Router/Bridge Bridge #1 (assuming you aren't already using that >for the Olicom switch.) > >int to0 >source-bridge 6 1 8 >int to0 >source-bridge 8 1 6 > > >(I also threw in a "multiring all" to satisfy my > >superstitious nature). I can capture packets going through the bridge, but > >I can't browse the network. There is an SMB dialect negotiation packet > >coming from the client (in the NetMon capture) but it never gets to the > >target. I see no evidence that the router is dropping it, it has > >correctly-formed addresses and RIF, it carries a vanilla list of LanMan > >dialects. The only hint of trouble that I can see is that the N(R) and N(S) > >values both show 0x01 in the packet decription part of the MS NetMon but the > >hex printout shows a 0x02 for each byte. Is this a problem? > >That's probably not a problem. The NR and NS numbers are actually only >seven bits. So maybe the decoding is getting confused by that. > >On the other hand, you should see the send sequence number (NS) keep >progressing one by one from each side. You should also see the NR >progressing one by one from each side. LLC2 uses a forward acknowledgement, >like TCP does. So the NR should state the next expected sequence. For >example an NR of 1 means I got 0 and I'm expecting 1 next. > > > Or have I > >forgotten something really fundamental (I'm a newbie to IBM, but even so I > >did feel like a right idiot when I finally remembered the "source >spanning"). > >It may be me that's forgetting something fundamental. ;-) Like, I said >before, though, I bet you don't need the spanning tree. (Does the Olicom >expect it? Do you actually have any redundant links that would cause loops >if not pruned into a tree?) > >Priscilla >________________________ > >Priscilla Oppenheimer >http://www.priscilla.com ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45791&t=45778 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

