METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK

摘要

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for configuring network. The method comprises: determining that a first Router Bridge (RB) joins the current broadcasting network; determining that the first RB does not support the Designated Virtual Local Area Network (D-VLAN) of the current broadcasting network, and determining a first VLAN both supported by the first RB and a RB belonging to the D-VLAN; sending alternative D-VLAN information in the D-VLAN and the first VLAN, wherein the alternative D-VLAN information includes the identification of the first VLAN; and when determining all the neighbor statuses in the first VLAN maintained locally are informing statuses, sending handover information containing the identification of the first VLAN in the D-VLAN, so as to make the RB belonging to the D-VLAN hand over to the first VLAN according to the handover information. The method and apparatus of the embodiments in the present invention can avoid the effect on traffic handover during handing over D-VLAN and obtain the biggest network connectivity, thus being able to increase network availability significantly.