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Date:      Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:11:51 -0500
From:      Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
To:        Dmukha Nikolay <cosmic17@yandex.by>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MSTP on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <CACqU3MWMcXA9NuxQ6dErs2iNDa8ek34QJzDB62ts4_rVJMfg%2BQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <220871327066330@web3.yandex.ru>
References:  <220871327066330@web3.yandex.ru>

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Hi,

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Dmukha Nikolay <cosmic17@yandex.by> wrote:
> Hello.
> Please, help me to setup this sheme:
> *******************************************************
> comp1 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 comp2
> =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 |
> =A0| =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 |
> dgs3627g(24)-----------(12)dgs3612g
> =A0|(21) =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(9)|
> =A0|______freebsd bridge_______|
> *******************************************************
>
> Devices are:
> Dlink DGS3627G (FW 2.84-B25), Dlink DGS3612G (FW 2.84-B25), FreeBSD (8.0 =
stable 201105).
>
> The main target is to reserve the FreeBsd bridge. The priority route for =
traffic from comp 1 to comp 2 is freebsd. When the server (freebsd bridge) =
is down, traffic should go through the direct link between switches. I want=
 to reserve 3 freebsd bridges.
what do you mean by "I want to reserve 3 freebsd bridges" ?

> So it`s necessary to use MSTP technology.
Does it ? I only see a single VLAN in your setup, which limits MSTP utility=
.

FreeBSD does not support MSTP. In presence of MSTP-enabled bridges, it
will fall back to RSTP mode, and only see the CIST. I an not sure how
the CIST is exactly built in such a mixed environment.

 - Arnaud



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