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Vendor specific packet drop
System Description............................. M4100-26G-POE ProSafe 24-port Gigabit L2+ Intelligent Edge PoE Managed Switch, 10.0.2.30, B1.0.1.1 Machine Model.................................. M41...
Why should a STP packet be forwarded?
Provide details on how the devices are conneced, and why you think the STP should be forwarded, or why this WiFi bridge requires this for discovery, ...
Hi schumaku ,
Those messages are used by ATPD for HGW and Wifi bridge discovery.
Wireshark recognize the destination address as Dst: Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_ef:03:fe. However it marks protocol type as Unknown (0xfe68) and not an STP
Topology:
WiFi Bridge <----->Switch<-----> HGW
If you don't need STP, you could try to disable it, and enable the "Forward BPDU while STP disabled", this exists AFAIK on the M4100 series, too.
I would expect they handle/filter the STP protocol based on src and dst address, not on the protocol number.
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