From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 22:48:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EFFBA4A for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x234.google.com (mail-qc0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C1B51F45 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 22:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id c9so7878801qcz.11 for ; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:48:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=sV/J7rJBO1RSyzKgZUwLRA7FoosD2PS8llLKI43W98o=; b=Jsp4Gru+fZ+jTkYB9tCJ3guq7fNTZWNa14bCzQVallunC9cNzSRqS6V/8c4X9dFCZf o6CMJ8mPR0Tvbi7s+BCz38szdFwaTBIF+0l8zyqZ7XWQIbGrUCNJaj7l0/L1zPnqZty7 WopgtzkcZqcXf8Rc8avV+XHLxpA3sqZ2NEl3+1qbUdBWN9ZQ/9O6/tYF/3XWAZvuaK9E 6QTgvfkURs0/AduehaIx9CbFbQANkFyh5wgv3OE2FH+xrAs7YAxnX8fo8kM2uHbVlm2Z wFGVIwBj53QvcakSWhtpamXBimdb+tAzrMlCjyDBrQzY0K1HHn88kEWANCo7PmSCKcMo AQdg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.48.5 with SMTP id n5mr56536565qga.102.1409698085150; Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Sender: djmitche@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.167.130 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:48:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <540645E6.2050809@wp.pl> References: <20120827094956.GA93853@server.rulingia.com> <20120901215514.GA84970@server.rulingia.com> <540625B4.6040907@wp.pl> <540645E6.2050809@wp.pl> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 18:48:05 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8mocBN1t6hyJqww2jpMJUGuhV9I Message-ID: Subject: Re: bridging VLAN interfaces and STP From: "Dustin J. Mitchell" To: Marek Salwerowicz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:48:06 -0000 On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Marek Salwerowicz wrote: > Does the bridge without STP work for you ? It bridges, yes. It doesn't run STP. > What do you actually bridge? As I see, there are 2 physical interfaces and 1 > vlan Correct. > I am wondering if the STP is really necessary for bridging vlan with wlan0 > interface, but so far I can't figure out the answer It's certainly possible to conceive of a situation where a forwarding loop traverses a wireless link. Dustin