But if you only have one upstream connection and you fall, it isn’t going to do anything, right?
From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 12:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stp STP is a safety net. Its not doing much unless you fall. On Oct 25, 2016 12:44 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: How can STP being enabled help anything if you are not using it? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 10:10 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stp I just learned the other day thanks to Steve the Mikrotik software bridges are (R?) STP by default. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: Actually Netonix (one t, no r). I don't know that I would leave it on, but I don't know how you're using it. https://www.netonix.com/wisp-switch.html bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 10/25/2016 9:04 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: Nettonix. You could always leave it on... If your access network is layer2 up to that switch, it could help. On Oct 25, 2016 11:03 AM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote: just discovered on one of our nettronix switches spanning tree protocol was enabled. we've run this switch probably four months - no real side effects - but i don't run stp anywhere else. any reason to leave this on? thanks