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Subject: Re: Bridging + VLANS + RSTP / MSTP
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On 2/19/2011 4:52 PM, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
>> I believe if you don't specify 'stp' in the rc.conf ifconfig statement,
>> freebsd by default sets the bridge as 'rstp' :
>
> Yes, that's correct.

<note to self>
It helps sometimes when you read the actual message before trying to 
answer:)
</note to self>

No, you have to specify stp there. The default STP mode is RSTP.
If you don't specify stp, you'll get a dumb ethernet bridge.

Nikos