Re: Bridges

From: Yar Tikhiy (yar_at_comp.chem.msu.su)
Date: 09/29/05

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    Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:49:05 +0400
To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>

    On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 04:47:32AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
    >
    > The problem is that the current bridge code only considers the MAC
    > address for forwarding. When VLANs are in use, this is incorrect as
    > both the MAC address and VLAN tag must be considered. The difference
    > is crucial when you have the same MAC address appearing in multiple
    > VLANs. This can occur when using DECnet Phase IV or Solaris with
    > Cassini NICs - both of which have a per-host MAC address rather than a
    > per-NIC MAC address.

    FWIW, this sounds quite reasonable to me. Indeed, there is plenty
    of good and not-so-good reasons for the same MAC address to appear
    on different VLANs, and it seems a licit case. 

    -- 
Yar
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