On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:05:03 +0800
"He, Zhenjie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi, Stephen/all,
> 
> The situation I meet is similar as this.
> 
> I want to capture BPDU packets go through the Linux bridge,

Simpler just to use something like AF_PACKET, or tools like pcapture?

> 
> [internal bridge] --> (connected with a switch) --> [external bridge] -->
> workstation,
> 
> [internal bridge]: br1 ip.addr == 192.168.1.2
> [external bridge]: ifconfig br0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> workstation: ip.addr == 192.168.1.222
> enable the [internal bridge] with stp on,
> 
> My question is, could [internal bridge] generate BPDU packets, and pass the
> [external bridge], finally captured on the outside workstation?
> 
> Best regards,

Nested bridges are not supported because of possible stack depth and recursion
issues.
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