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Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 21:34:34 +1000
From: Sean <sean@gothic.net.au>
To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
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Subject: Re: PF + BRIDGE still causes system freezing
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On Mon, 31 May 2010 01:32:17 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> wrote:

> If you're actually using FreeBSD as a "smart switch", then there may
> be some spanning tree software that works on FreeBSD.  I'm not
> familiar with this setup or what software may be available.  The
> majority of folks connect their FreeBSD machines to a switch, and
> those switches can handle STP.

if_bridge supports RSTP if bridgestp is loaded.

man 4 if_bridge

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Sean Winn
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