Linux Ethernet Bridging - Apr 2007 - [Bridge] how to configure RSTP (802.1w) on SUSE 10 (kernel 2.6.13-15)

Hi there,

I am a student and working on a project where i need to configure RSTP 
(802.1w) on SUSE 10  kernel 2.6 so that i can able to analyse efficient link 
fail-over time, i have found STP configuration at  ( 
http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge )  but coulnt find partticular 
RSTP configuration.
i would appriciate if you could help me in this regard.

cheers,
was

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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:18:05 +0100
"nas was" <whaque09@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am a student and working on a project where i need to configure RSTP 
> (802.1w) on SUSE 10  kernel 2.6 so that i can able to analyse efficient
link
> fail-over time, i have found STP configuration at  ( 
> http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge )  but coulnt find partticular 
> RSTP configuration.
> i would appriciate if you could help me in this regard.
> 
> cheers,
> was
> 
>
RSTP is not implemented in the current bridge code, there have been some
attempts, but no complete mainstream implementation yet.


-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>

On 11/22/06, nas was <whaque09@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am a student and working on a project where i need to configure RSTP
> (802.1w) on SUSE 10  kernel 2.6 so that i can able to analyse efficient
link
> fail-over time, i have found STP configuration at  (
> http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge )  but coulnt find partticular
> RSTP configuration.
> i would appriciate if you could help me in this regard.
>
> cheers,
> was
>
I'm not sure STP is exactly what you want to use to solve this problem
and since RSTP is not available yet it might not be the best idea.

Have you considered using bonding for dealing with redundancy/high-availability?