[c-nsp] Mac address flapping..

Jonathan Lassoff jof at thejof.com
Sat Jul 11 05:14:25 EDT 2009


Excerpts from James Ashton's message of Fri Jul 10 10:48:13 -0700 2009:
> 
> As for them creating a loop locally, If I disable one of the ports facing them,
> the errors persist.  Them having a loop in their switch, if it only has a
> single connection to my network, shouldn't effect me.  Unless I am missing
> something..
> 
> Could their configuration actually effect my spanning tree if I am only running
> one link to them??

I would say it depends on the configuration of the edge port.
What if they hooked up something that starts spewing BPDUs at
a priority lower than your gear?

>From what you described, that doesn't sound like a problem in this case,
but it's something to consider.


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