Re: Transparent Bridge with FR hub & spoke

From: Bill Greenwood (billgreenwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 16:12:38 GMT-3


   
Yes you can, but you must put bridge statements on the hub as well as on the
spokes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Ingham" <fningham@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Richard Wheat" <rwheat@ami.com.au>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Transparent Bridge with FR hub & spoke

> Richard: Your conclusion is correct. Each interface or sub-interface
> is a port on the bridge and a bridge does not forward out a port the
> packet was received on.
> Therfore you cannot bridge spoke to spoke on a hub and spoke
> configuration.
>
> HTH, Fred.
>
> Richard Wheat wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > This may sound very simple - but I just need a sanity check here ...
> >
> > Can someone please verify for me that it is not possible to
> > transparently
> > bridge from spoke to spoke (over frame relay) using a single multi-point
> >
> > interface (or sub-interface) on the hub? My understanding is that this
> > is
> > because the bridge will not forward a packet out of the interface it
> > received
> > it on (makes sense). I have to use two interfaces (or more likely two
> > sub-interfaces) to get this to work? Or have I missed something?
> >
> > Tks,
> > Richard.



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