Quick Notes - IRB - IEEE

BBBB must be able to connect to AAAA and vice versa. Layer2 must be used on hub and AAAA/BBBB must leverage layer 3 ports on the directly connected interface.

IRB(config)#bridge irb

IRB(config)#bridge 1 protocol ieee

IRB(config)#interface FastEthernet0/0

IRB(config-if)#bridge-group 1

IRB(config)#interface FastEthernet0/1

IRB(config-if)#bridge-group 1

AAAA(config-if)#do sh run inter fas 0/0

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 96 bytes

!

interface FastEthernet0/0

 ip address 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0

 duplex auto

 speed auto

end

BBBB(config-if)#do sh run inter fas 0/0

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 96 bytes

!

interface FastEthernet0/0

 ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0

 duplex auto

 speed auto

end

AAAA(config-if)#do ping 192.168.0.1

Type escape sequence to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:

!!!!!

Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 208/216/220 ms

AAAA(config-if)#

IRB(config)#do sh bridge 1

Total of 300 station blocks, 298 free

Codes: P - permanent, S - self

Bridge Group 1:

    Address       Action   Interface       Age   RX count   TX count

cc05.1594.0000   forward   FastEthernet0/0   0         51         19

cc04.1594.0000   forward   FastEthernet0/1   0         56         20