[c-nsp] gigabit ethernet ring for metro ethernet deployment

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:04:01AM -0800, Voll, Scott wrote:
> Spanning tree will allow for the shortest path and if something goes
> down you are redirected to the other side of the ring.

Actually it will allow for the "shortest path to the root bridge".

Depending on where your packets are coming from and going to, it may
very well be "once around all of the ring" (because the direct link
happens to be STP-blocked).

gert
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