Re: brigde does not relay BPDU multicast pkgs

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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:44:44AM -0500, richardvoigt@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > If you're implementing that, it should only forward the STP address.
> >
> > 802.1X and LACP will be very suprised (and very broken) when their
> > PDUs start being forwarded to entities on other bridges...
> 
> They break when there's a simple hub on the network?

Correct.  Both technologies depend on being run over point-to-point
ethernet links - they are communications between entities that manage
individual bridge port roles.

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Ross Vandegrift
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