[Bridge] Linux bridge and virtual interfaces

Stephen Hemminger shemminger at osdl.org
Tue Sep 19 10:27:35 PDT 2006


On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:19:05 -0700 (PDT)
Ken Peirce <thewirelessmacdude at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Do STP BPDUs get delivered to all interfaces, including virtual interfaces?
>   Cheers,
>   Ken Peirce
>    

Any interface that is part of bridge will get STP BPDU's sent on it.
If you want to receive STP BPDU's you need to be using latest kernel and
use LLC. Normally STP BPDU's were just absorbed by the bridge code.

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org>



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