Ethereal loop protocol

Feb 14, 2007 1 Replies

Hi guys, I have run ethereal in a switched network, using PVST. I have noticed that it captured frequently on different Vlans the following:



Protocol: Loop Info: Reply



and it showed the same MAC address. Are they the Hello messages from the root bridge?



Regards, Andy.



Ethernet keepalives I think. No keepalive on the vlan should make them go away.

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