Hello, >> I think the bridge needs to check the physical interface too and >> don't >> forward pkgs back on the same physical interface. >Certainly not. Real-world configurations are made impossible by doing >that. >Linux doesn't need to limit itself to the myopic views of traditional >switch designers. Their hardware is broken, ours isn't. I second Benny Amorsen's opinion. Such scenario is in production use in my network. You may call it "bridge on the stick" (analogy to "router on the stick"). Cheers, Marek Kierdelewicz _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge