Talk:Spanning tree protocol
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[edit] RSTP as it's own
I am reading a paper and didn't know what RSTP was, so I fed it into wikipedia search. Luckily, there is only 1 "RSTP" acronym so far as the "RSTP" page points here as well. RSTP had a 100% hit while Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol came in 2nd at 2.9%. I found my answer right there in the search results and immediately knew "oh, that's what RSTP" stands for. If it was hidden away in the Spanning Tree Protocol page... I don't think I would have found it as easily! ("Spanning Tree" has a 1.1% search result). I vote to keep the separate page and not merge, it is good to be categorized in "Network protocols" though. --BrianWiese 19:28, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
I also think this should be merged with STP
- remark by User:Jishnua
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- In the current state, the articles could be merged... However, i had the idea to extend the RSTP en MSTP articles some day (or hoping someone else would do it). RSTP and MSTP are compatible and extensions of STP indeed, some parts of the text on protocol operations would be the same, or refer to the other article; however, an more extended description of the RSTP en MSTP protocol operation and properties would make de STP article lengthy, and maybe it IS usefull to have some "stand alone" description of the protocols. --LimoWreck 00:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
I agree! Sergio
Yes, Do it!!
Yeah, I had no idea what is was...please add it, it fits well. Harry Cavallero
Merge Them
Most people will be looking for information on Spanning Tree, without realizing that in most network RSTP is the default version of spanning tree that is used. Both MSTP and RSPT should be merged into this article as the concept are very similar, and are evolutions on the basic STP protocol. By merging them together the reader will have the benefit of not only understanding the RSTP protocol, but the foundation of the protocol, and all related issues to do with it.
Sal Veya
Don't merge them - the mian article can explian the progression and the individual articles can provide more detail. Everyone is capable of clicking on the other pages. 195.195.0.77 14:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
The RSTP page IMHO is so short and mostly people will be looking for STP so I think they should be merged and if someday the RSTP section becomes so huge that it deserves individual article, people will call for that --krampo 14:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Don't merge them, please. Like another user above, I came here looking for RSTP specifically, & I wasn't even sure of its expansion. I think it deserves a page of its own. --Arungoodboy 05:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Algorhymes rock!
Please add more specifications like this. Very nice. =) STP was designed to monitor and control the Layer2 Network, it has different variations like RSTP,MSTP and PVST+.
yes for my career prospectus, please add RSTP, MSTP
yet another vote - merge the 3.
[edit] bad choices
do real spanning tree implementations have stuff built in to prevent bad choices (e.g. using a 100 megabit link that some luser connected by plugging a patch cable between two wallports when a gigabit one is availible) or to prevent massive performance changes if a dead switch is replaced? Plugwash 17:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Problems in Article
In the opening paragraph of the article there is a sentence that doesn't make sense to me. However, I don't know enough about the topic to really correct it, so I'm hoping that by noting it here, somebody else can make the fix. The part I'm confused by is:
First, there would be a broadcast storm caused by broadcast packets looping. Second, the traditional source-based location system used by switches to operate correctly. The result of this would be to cripple the network.
The middle sentence is incomplete; it seems to be missing something. It's just a dangling subject, without an action. Anyone want to clue me in? If someone can give me the technical info I'll rewrite it, but I don't understand STP well enough to know what's being meant here. --Kadin2048 21:37, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
Since all of the articles discuss a form of the STP algorithm, they should be merged under one twiki page.
User: ftmkx
[edit] Backwards
It was stated that STP was from the 802.1w conference while RSTP was from the 802.1d conference. This is actually backwards. RSTP is 802.1w and STP 802.1d. Check for yourself, Cisco Press CCNA ICND book for the 640-811 exam. pg. 36.
- No idea what you're blabbering about. Don't polute this talk page with irrelevant nonsense.
[edit] Duplicated text in first paragraph
There seems to be part of the text duplicated in the first paragraph: "The spanning tree network protocol provides a loop free topology for any bridged LAN. The Spanning Tree Protocol, which is also referred to as STP, is defined in the IEEE Standard 802.1D. [...] STP is used in switched networks to prevent loops, and has been standardized by IEEE 802.1D. " The last sentence is already completely included in the first two. Could it be removed ? MJost 14:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
