Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811]

2002-03-28 Thread Cisco Nuts
Hello,If every non-root bridge elects one root port to get to the root-bridge, then why do we still need a designated switch/port per segment? Do these two have different functions altogether?Thank you. Chat with friends

RE: Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811]

2002-03-28 Thread Lomker, Michael
> Hello,If every non-root bridge elects one root port to get to the > root-bridge, then why do we still need a designated switch/port per > segment? Do these two have different functions altogether?Thank you. I did a few searches on cisco.com and google and they appear to be different works for

Re: Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811]

2002-03-28 Thread PING
The designated port is not just the root ports. 1. Each root port is a designated port 2. Each designated port is not necessarily the root port. There are other ports as designated, on the other side of the root bridge to forward BPDUs downstream. Nadeem == Cisco Nuts wrote: > Hello,If eve

RE: Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811]

2002-03-28 Thread Rik Guyler
eive BPDUs. Hope this helps, Rik -Original Message- From: Lomker, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811] > Hello,If every non-root bridge elects one root port to get

RE: Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811]

2002-03-29 Thread Cisco Nuts
That was an excellent explanationThank you very much!! >From: "Rik Guyler" >Reply-To: "Rik Guyler" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Designated Port/Switch and Root Port?? [7:39811] >Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:10:09 -0500 > >I'll try t