[c-nsp] Layer 2 failover

[Jee Kay]

On 18/04/06, andrew2 at one.net <andrew2 at one.net> wrote:

> 2.  Some way to do this using STP?  I'm a WAN guy and have traditionally
> avoided STP like the plague, but is there a way to accomplish this with
> it?

This is the way forward. Just configure a high cost (like 100) on the
port you don't want to use unless the other is down and you're good to
go.

Depending on your failover time requirements, you may want to look at
rapid spanning tree over PVST/STP.

Ras