On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:26:03 +0200 Juergen Pfeiffer <j.pfeiffer at seskion.de> wrote: > Stephen Hemminger schrieb: > > > > Did the bridge get set up right? Did the interfaces come up (look > > at 'brctl showstp br0') > $ ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 down > $ ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 down > $ brctl addbr br0 > $ brctl stp br0 on > $ brctl addif br0 eth0 > $ brctl addif br0 eth1 > $ ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up > $ ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up > $ ifconfig br0 0.0.0.0 up > > $ brctl showmacs br0 > port no mac addr is local? ageing timer > 1 00:11:22:33:44:50 yes 0.00 > 2 00:11:22:33:44:51 yes 0.00 > 2 00:11:95:34:af:01 no 2.91 > 2 00:c0:02:39:53:52 no 2.76 > $ brctl showstp br0 > br0 > bridge id 8000.001122334450 > designated root 8000.001122334450 > root port 0 path > cost 0 max age > 20.00 bridge max age 20.00 > hello time 2.00 bridge hello > time 2.00 > forward delay 15.00 bridge forward > delay 15.00 > ageing time 300.00 > hello timer 1.45 tcn > timer 0.00 > topology change timer 0.00 gc > timer 273.04 > flags > > > eth0 (1) > port id 8001 > state learning > designated root 8000.001122334450 path > cost 100 designated bridge > 8000.001122334450 message age timer 0.00 > designated port 8001 forward delay > timer 3.48 > designated cost 0 hold > timer 0.44 > flags > > eth1 (2) > port id 8002 > state learning > designated root 8000.001122334450 path > cost 100 designated bridge > 8000.001122334450 message age timer 0.00 > designated port 8002 forward delay > timer 3.45 > designated cost 0 hold > timer 0.43 > flags > The bridge starts in the learning state doesn't forward until the forwarding delay (30 seconds) in expired. You need to be either patient or set the delay to a lower value.
