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Re: (ASCEND) I need some help.
On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 09:06:52AM -0400, Jim Howard wrote:
> At 20:04 1998/07/09 -0400, TJ Schuler wrote:
> >The remote site has around 10 computers connected to a hub along with
> >the 50. The local site has another 50 connected to one of our switches.
>
> I've never tried bridging off of a switched port, but this might
> be the source of some of your problems.
Shouldn't be any problem. Switches are essentially nothing but performance
enhanced multiport bridges. Bridges do speak the Spanning Tree Protocol.
If the pipe implements bridging correctly (it should, at least if Dial
Broadcast=Yes) it would just enter the spanning tree, cause a topology
change and then live comfortable together with the other L2 stuff. Just
keep in mind that convergence in a nontrivial STP domain takes 20 to 30
seconds.
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