Is the Spanning Tree Protocol a thing that is always operating in managed and unmanaged switches? (Even your basic SOHO Linksys or Netgear switch.) ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spanning tree protocol is an essential function of Ethernet networks, and it provides several ...

Those who had an opinion last week were split evenly: CCNA labs need either 2 or 3 switches, and CCNP labs need either 3 or 4. But why? We saw a few opinions floating around the blog last week, but ...

The big question we’ve been looking at for the last few weeks is the value of a 2 switch lab topology for prepping Spanning Tree topics for both CCNA and CCNP. I’ll conclude the discussion this week, ...

As computer networks get bigger, it becomes increasingly hard to keep track of the flow of data over this network. How do you route data, making sure that the data is spread to all parts of the ...

I've got a customer with a Dell switch (power connect 6248 I think) with 3 uplinks to my network. The uplinks are separate layer 3 links, each one being a separate IP block in a separate VLAN on my ...

An algorithm that runs in network bridges and switches to prevent loops, in which packets keep going around in circles. In a small network with one or two switches, the spanning tree protocol (STP) ...