Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:13:12 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: enabling if_bridge STP Message-ID: <20071206171312.1633279a@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <200712061537.22617.silver.salonen@gmail.com> References: <14188023.post@talk.nabble.com> <200712061331.39016.silver.salonen@gmail.com> <200712061501.35633.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <200712061537.22617.silver.salonen@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:37:21 +0200 Silver Salonen <silver.salonen@gmail.com> wrote: > Is all the traffic pass through the root-bridge in this case, so that > if bridge1 wants to talk to bridge2, it has to go through root-bridge > and not straight? In my case there's a straight connection between > bridge1 and bridge2 too, so that they don't have to communicate > through root-bridge. The problem is that, even with switched ethernet, some packets have to be broadcast, which can lead to packets going round in loops or multiplying into a broadcast storm. STP prevents this by disabling connections to remove loops in the network.
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