bridging VLAN interfaces and STP

Dustin J. Mitchell dustin at v.igoro.us
Tue Sep 2 22:48:06 UTC 2014


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Marek Salwerowicz <marek_sal at wp.pl> wrote:
> Does the bridge without STP work for you ?

It bridges, yes.  It doesn't run STP.

> What do you actually bridge? As I see, there are 2 physical interfaces and 1
> vlan

Correct.

> I am wondering if the STP is really necessary for bridging vlan with wlan0
> interface, but so far I can't figure out the answer

It's certainly possible to conceive of a situation where a forwarding
loop traverses a wireless link.

Dustin


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