A method for sending a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) data frame, comprising acquiring a user virtual local area network (VLAN) or a combination of a user VLAN and a user multicast medium access control (MAC) address in a first protocol packet, and a first port identifier; storing a correspondence there-between in a forwarding table; searching, according to the user VLAN or the combination of the user VLAN and the user multicast MAC address in a TRILL data frame received, the forwarding table for a second port identifier corresponding to the VLAN or the combination of the user VLAN and the user multicast MAC address in the TRILL data frame, and forwarding the TRILL data frame from a pseudo wire (PW) port corresponding to the second port identifier.