Bridging <----> Spanning Tree ???

From: Sachin Shenoy (sachinshenoy@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed May 12 2004 - 04:53:49 GMT-3


Hi Everybody,

When two Ethernet ports of a Router are configured for Bridging and both the
ports are connected to the same switch, shouldn't one of the ports of the
switch be in spanning-tree blocking state (Ports on the router have a lower
priority) ??? When I was trying a LAB, I connected the ports as shown below by
mistake, I couldn't figure out why all the ports (i.e 2 router ports and 2
switch ports) were in forwarding state ..... Am I missing something simple and
totally stupid ??

                           ------------------
                          | SW1 |
                          -------------------
                               | |
                     Fa0/0 | | Fa0/1
                          -------------------
                         | R1 |
                         --------------------

bridge irb
bridge 1 protocol ieee
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 no ip address
 duplex auto
 speed auto
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 priority 8
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 no ip address
 duplex auto
 speed auto
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 priority 8
!

The configuration on the switch (3550) is factory default (Int VLAN1 -->
Shutdown, All ports on VLAN1)

Regards,
SACHIN SHENOY



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