Bridging VLANs by looping cable

From: Toh Soon, Lim (tohsoon28@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 31 2007 - 04:43:31 ART

Hi All,

This may sound simple and mundane but for curiosity sake, I need to seek
clarification.

Has anyone tried "bridging" two VLANs by looping a cable to the same switch?
E.g. in the following diagram:

Gi0/1(VLAN359)----
                 |
                 |
Gi0/2(VLAN360)----

The same cable connects to interfaces Gi0/1 (VLAN359) and Gi0/2 (VLAN360).
Can a host on VLAN359 now communicate with a host on VLAN360?

What's the implication doing this, e.g. from STP point of view? Is it
recommended at all?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thank you.

B.Rgds,
Lim TS

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