802.1D and 802.1W [7:59621]

The IEEE specification describes, besides other things, the Spanning Tree protocol. The IEEE 802.1W describes the Rapid Spanning Tree Algorithm and Protocol (RSTP). It recommends that the RSTP be adopted in future MAC implementations. I was wondering if it is the Spanning Tree used in the

RE: 802.1D and 802.1W [7:59621]

RSTP is pretty new and just starting to get adopted. I found this at Cisco's site: The Catalyst 4000, 6000, and 6500 series switches do not support Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) in its native form, but Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) (802.1s) uses a modified version of RSTP (802.1w). This