The bridge code by default captures all spanning tree packets and
doesn't forward them. I propose that this might not be a good idea.
If a bridge is not running STP, then it has no way to detect a cycle
in the network (by itself). But if some other machine is running STP,
then if STP BPDU's get
From: Stephen Hemminger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:12:26 -0700
The bridge code by default captures all spanning tree packets and
doesn't forward them. I propose that this might not be a good idea.
If a bridge is not running STP, then it has no way to detect a cycle
in the
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 04:12:26PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
The bridge code by default captures all spanning tree packets and
doesn't forward them. I propose that this might not be a good idea.
As far as I remember, the original bridge code did pass through BPDUs
when STP was disabled.
