Okay, so yesterday we noticed a lot of churn on the network in regards to STP. There were mass TCN's for multiple VLAN's since Brocade also uses PVST. After reviewing the effect of TC's on the network, I realize it doesn't necessarily mean a total ...
Jon,This really does help me out a lot, at least being able to understand the processes that are going on behind the scenes. I think, like you suggested, if I begin fixing small issues and moving STP to a stable and predictable topology a lot of the...
Jon,I really appreciate you clarifying the underlying mechanisms for me. It's one thing to read about it and another thing to see it in the wild. Between STP best practices and the STP toolkit I am sure I can resolve the numerous issues we're havin...
ckfurtn01,By default, RIP and EIGRP summarize networks to their classful boundaries. No auto-summary disables that feature. In OSPF, we need to configure wildcard masks to identify our networks. For example, in EIGRP network 10.1.1.0/24, with auto...
Jon,I appreciate the response. I'll definitely start marking client ports as edge ports to cut down on the topology changes. And if I am understanding your response correctly, then because the non-edge ports are constantly being flushed, it is even...
Chris,I am not seeing any routing (static or dynamic) configured here. Your router currently only knows how to get to the 152.31.1.0/24 and 152.31.2.0/24 networks because they are directly connected. Where does your DHCP server reside in relation t...
