Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:36:04 +0200 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> To: kevin <k@kevinkevin.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridging + VLANS + RSTP / MSTP Message-ID: <4D5FF174.3080501@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <00a801cbd04f$b3991920$1acb4b60$@com> References: <000c01cbcf94$35e76e20$a1b64a60$@com> <4D5FAC16.7080207@gmx.com> <00a201cbd03f$2bdc3540$83949fc0$@com> <4D5FD91F.20704@gmx.com> <00a801cbd04f$b3991920$1acb4b60$@com>
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On 2/19/2011 6:11 PM, kevin wrote: > One other thing : > >> id 00:17:d6:a9:31:e7 priority 16384 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 > > And : > >> root id 00:12:cf:69:e9:ea priority 16384 ifcost 0 port 0 > > > I was under the impression the priority for the root bridge should be a > lower number ? The priority is checked first when two bridges exchange BPDUs. The bridge with the lower number wins. If the priority is the same then the bridge's ID is used for the elections. It would be best to manually set the priority in order to know who is administratively the active firewall. > Would you be able to post your rc.conf bridge entries for > each bridge, perhaps? Sorry, this is a lab environment, I am not using rc facilities. It is just a shell script... Nikos
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