Lots of STP packets in network

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hi all,

I am running the HAP AC RB962UIGS-5HACT2HNT with 6.41.2 as an router with AP function.

I see on my clients with tcpdump allot of:

20:37:05.200632 STP 802.1w, Rapid STP, Flags [Learn, Forward], bridge-id 8000.64:**:54:**:20:**.8004, length 43
	message-age 0.00s, max-age 20.00s, hello-time 2.00s, forwarding-delay 15.00s

I am just using ipv4 to map my 192.* to my providers modem. Do I need this active in my network? Can I disable this? I don’t need ipv6.

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Hi

Have you tried disabling the ipv6 package?

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/system package> print  
Flags: X - disabled 
 #   NAME                                                                                                VERSION                                                                                               SCHEDULED              
 0   routeros-mipsbe                                                                                     6.41.2                                                                                                                       
 1   system                                                                                              6.41.2                                                                                                                       
 2 X ipv6                                                                                                6.41.2

ipv6 was disabled.

I am trying to learn here. This isn’t ipv6 (which I thought it was) traffic but bridged ipv4/ethernet STP traffic if I look closer.

Just wondering how I can disable that STP traffic without breaking the router functionality. It’s flooding my local LAN/WLAN.

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Great.

I just disabled BRIDGE and all connections from and to the HAP AC are not possible any more.

Reset time.

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After reset went to Stable. Still seeing STP traffic.

So anybody know how to disable this STP traffic?

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In the bridge set protocol mode to none

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Thank you! :slight_smile:

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On a somewhat related note, I’d like to disable IPv4 and go pure IPv6. Can I expect that to work with a Mikrotik?