Re: Switching and STP [7:38137]

>""PING"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> I have follwoing questions: >> >> Q1: When all the ports are in BLOCKing mode at start on switch, >> how the initial broadcasts are then forwarded in a network so that > > switches can learn about each other via BPDUs

Re: Switching and STP [7:38137]

At 06:05 PM 3/13/02, Brian Lodwick wrote: >""PING"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I have follwoing questions: > > > > Q1: When all the ports are in BLOCKing mode at start on switch, > > how the initial broadcasts are then forwarded in a network so that > > swi

Re: Switching and STP [7:38137]

""PING"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have follwoing questions: > > Q1: When all the ports are in BLOCKing mode at start on switch, > how the initial broadcasts are then forwarded in a network so that > switches can learn about each other via BPDUs? It is blo

Re: Switching and STP [7:38137]

At 05:02 PM 3/13/02, PING wrote: >I have follwoing questions: > >Q1: When all the ports are in BLOCKing mode at start on switch, >how the initial broadcasts are then forwarded in a network so that >switches can learn about each other via BPDUs? A bridge port transitions to listening after expirat

RE: Switching and STP [7:38137]

I'm not sure if i understand your questions, http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/5.html has information on how STP works and each of the phases (blocking, listening, learning, forwarding) How do you mean breaks a collision domain? A switch has collison domains equal to the amount of physical por

Switching and STP [7:38137]

I have follwoing questions: Q1: When all the ports are in BLOCKing mode at start on switch, how the initial broadcasts are then forwarded in a network so that switches can learn about each other via BPDUs? Q2: When a switch breaks the collision domains, then what is the point of using Fragment F