<confession>
Let me say that my confusion/mistake was introduced by the
fact that I was running my experimental mesh with more than
half a dozen mpps and maps that are configured with (soft)
bridges, without any problem (which is obvious if stations
behind the bridge are edges.)  This somehow created a sort
of mis-conception in my mind that meshes are bridge-safe.
</confession>

>> And I started to wonder why brctl creates bridges with STP
>> default off…


Most, if not all, boxed L2 switch device/appliances that
I have seen had STP on by default, for reasons such as
fail-safe, fool-proof, plug-and-play, etc..

Is there any known reason why STP is default off for bridges
created with brctl such as performance reasons???

--- shinoda

On 2012/09/08, at 22:56, Yeoh Chun-Yeow wrote:

> Hi, Shinoda
> 
>> And I started to wonder why brctl creates bridges with STP
>> default off…
> 
> Yes, by default, STP is turned off. If we have more than one bridge in
> our LAN, to avoid bridging loop, we need to turn this on.
> 
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