Spanning Tree (802.1D) – Part 1

Ive spent the last couple of days playing around with the traditional Spanning-tree protocol (802.1D), which has been used for many years, but is pretty slow to converge.

As most of you know, Spanning-tree protocol (STP), is used to build a loop-free L2 topology. This is done to avoid bridging loops, where your frames gets sent around and around endlessly.

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802.1D  CCIE