Thinking about this a bit more, wouldn't the two VLANs just re-converge
and create a loop-free topology around one bridge? Certainly not
optimal, but not a loop...

On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 20:39 -0400, Douglas Koobs wrote:
> I'm reading the SWITCH foundation learning guide, and it states that a
> trunk with mismatched native VLANs can lead to a loop because BPDUs are
> sent to the IEEE MAC address 0180.c200.0000
> 
> I think I understand at a very high level how this could happen: The
> root bridge of one of the VLANs would be superior to the root bridge of
> the other VLAN, and some of the switches would begin to converge around
> the root bridge from the wrong VLAN.
> 
> However, this situation is still fuzzy around the edges to me, which
> usually means I'm missing something fundamental. Am I?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Doug


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