I dont think stp will work since the netgears dont support spanning tree. The netgear switch thats connected to the HP will not be issuing bpdu's to the HP, so the HP should not see any spanning tree info from the rest of the network. Any loops in the netgears will not be detected by the STP running on the HP.
Larry Letterman Cisco Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anil Gupte" To: Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 6:50 PM Subject: Spanning Tree Question [7:42806] > For spanning tree to work, do all the switches on a network (let us say a > LAN) have to support or enable Spanning Tree? That is the general question. > > Specifically, I have an HP Procurve connected to a router, and then a > Netgear Switch that hooks into one of the ports on the HP. On the Netgear > are 3 or 4 more Netgear switches (all of there are simple unmanaged > switches)and we are pretty sure there are some redundant loops in there - > especially with two servers that dual NICs that are bound together using an > Intel "teaming" driver. Do I need to turn Spanning Tree on? It is > recommended? Is it even going to work? > > Thanx for any input. > Anil Gupte Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42810&t=42806 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
