Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:20:36 -0500 From: "kevin" <k@kevinkevin.com> To: "'Tom Judge'" <tom@tomjudge.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, 'Nikos Vassiliadis' <nvass@gmx.com> Subject: RE: Bridging + VLANS + RSTP / MSTP Message-ID: <003f01cbd28a$ea03d2b0$be0b7810$@com> In-Reply-To: <4D5FFE9C.30005@tomjudge.com> References: <000c01cbcf94$35e76e20$a1b64a60$@com> <4D5FAC16.7080207@gmx.com> <00a201cbd03f$2bdc3540$83949fc0$@com> <4D5FD91F.20704@gmx.com> <4D5FDCF1.6050909@gmx.com> <00a501cbd04f$2276b5b0$67642110$@com> <4D5FFE9C.30005@tomjudge.com>
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>There is a also the caveat: The switch will probably _not_ forward the STP BPDU's from one port to another. You were correct -- my initial testing confirmed this. Would the same issue arise if I employed a gateway IP on the /bridge/ instead, and used CARP as a failover mechanism? The firewall no longer becomes transparent pass through/firewall. I have not done carp with bridges and I'm not 100% certain the same STP forwarding problems wouldn't arise, even with an IP assigned. Such as : [switch 1 (vlan 1)] | | [fw1 gw1] -- CARP -- [fw2 gw1] | | [switch 1 (vlan 2)] Thanks, Kevin
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