Hi Folks, I have attached a screen capture of a PVST topology, could somebody please explain how f0/2 on SW4 becomes a root port? I'm under the impression that it should be an alternate port because SW4 has a lower MAC address value than SW2. Plus, t...

Hi Folks, I'm trying to gain a better understanding of the STP process. I'm all clear on root bridge, root ports, designated ports but I'm confused about the block ports (alternate port). I've attached a screen capture of an STP topology showing that...

Hi folks, Could someone please share some thoughts on "auto-cost reference-bandwidth" vs" ip ospf cost value" I'm thinking this isn't quite necessary to configure, could you tell if it's best practice not to change the bandwidth at all? Is there any ...

Hi folks, When I setup STP on a switched environment with UplinkFast, would there be any foreseeable problem when I implement BackboneFast in conjuction with it? I haven't seen any docs suggesting UplinkFast + BackboneFast should not be implemented a...