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Bridge Phillip Susi 2 participants 4 messages Jun 3, 2010 Ethernet bridge

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I actually don't want to enable kernel ethernet bridging, but I do want to map the existing bridges on the network. Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor the BPDUs to do that?

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Quoted 7 lines · On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:57:42 -0400 Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote:

I actually don't want to enable kernel ethernet bridging, but I do want to map the existing bridges on the network. Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor the BPDUs to do that?
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Open up an AF_PACKET or AF_LLC socket and receive them

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Open up an AF_PACKET or AF_LLC socket and receive them

Yes, I'm looking for a simple utility that does that and parses them for me.

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Quoted 4 lines · On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:39:21 -0400 Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote:
Quoted 1 line · Stephen Hemminger

Open up an AF_PACKET or AF_LLC socket and receive them

Yes, I'm looking for a simple utility that does that and parses them for me.

The user mode RSTP daemon has that:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp.git