blocking spanning tre ports [7:37663]

guys, another question .. in on of my sites i have clusters of 3548 switches .. At each end of the cluster i have a link to the distribution layer... i have multiple uplink to each switch (6 in cluster).. and in the middle we have set the spanning-tree cost on one interface of the uplinks to mu

RE: blocking spanning tre ports [7:37663]

Does the Distribution Switch act as a root bridge on all your vlans? > -Original Message- > From: steve skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: blocking spanning tre ports [7:37663] > > > guy

Re: blocking spanning tre ports [7:37663]

If I understand your topology correctly, switches 3 and 4 share an Ethernet segment. If I remember Spanning Tree correctly, one of these two will be the "designated bridge" for that segment. That bridge will be forwarding packets toward the root. All other bridges on that segment (in this case, th