[Bridge] Network with some switches without STP/RSTP support
Ross Vandegrift
ross at kallisti.us
Fri Jan 9 16:27:27 PST 2009
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:01:19PM +0100, Antonio Di Bacco wrote:
> Does the RSTP will manage to resolve the loop (open the ring)? Will I manage
> to reach anyway the PC?
Probably yes, but the answer could be no. All the non-STP switches I've
ever seen do forward BPDUs.
Strictly speaking, 802.1D bridges should never forward frames addressed
to the reserved bridge management MAC addresses. This would lead both
B & C to believe they were connected to an edge port, which will never
block.
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Ross Vandegrift
ross at kallisti.us
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