Configuring Transparent Bridging

Transparent and SRT Bridging Configuration Examples

Router/Bridge in Building 2

The configuration file for the router in Building 2 is similar to Building 1:

decnet address 3.56

!

interface ethernet 0

ip address 128.88.11.9 255.255.255.0 decnet cost 10

!

interface serial 0

ip address 128.88.2.2 255.255.255.0 bridge-group 1

decnet cost 10

!

interface ethernet 1

ip address 128.88.16.8 255.255.255.0 bridge-group 1

decnet cost 10

!

bridge 1 protocol dec

SRT Bridging Example

In Figure 17, a Token Ring and an Ethernet at a remote sales site in New York City must be configured to pass unroutable bridged traffic across a satellite link to the backbone Token Ring at the corporate headquarters in Thule, Greenland. IP is the only routed protocol. They are running the IEEE Spanning-Tree Protocol to comply with the SRT bridging standard.

If there were source-routed traffic to bridge, the source-bridgecommand would also be used to configure source routing.

Figure 17 Network Configuration Example

S0

Token

Ring T0 Router

E0

New York City MGS

S0

Router

T0

Token

Ring

 

 

S1095a

 

 

Thule, Greenland AGS+

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Cisco Systems BC-23 manual SRT Bridging Example, BC-72

BC-23 specifications

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