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RE: [PLUG] Bridge is causing the kernel to panic
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ok, excellent, thank you. the new patches made everything work exactly as I
was hoping for(except for my firewall, it was too strict, but that is
another story).
One question, if I want to firewall on the bridge, do rules applied to eth0
and eth1 still work, or do they need to be applied to br0.
thanks
-b
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of David Coulson
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:35 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Bridge is causing the kernel to panic
Michael C. Toren wrote:
> I don't know that I'd say STP optimizes the topology; rather, it's
> responsible for removing layer2 loops by shutting down redundant paths,
> so that only one path at any given time is active -- ethernet segments
> can only function properly with one active path. However, you are
> correct that it's not necessary on a linear network.
Indeed - One can have multiple paths with varying priorities applied to
the bridges in the paths, and the optimal path based upon the cost of
each route is put into forwarding mode and the other(s) blocked.
David
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