[c-nsp] Spanning Tree help sought

[Jon Lewis]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Christopher Gray wrote:

> On reading your response - and used the links you suggested - I note that I
> could just leave everything as default and let STP sort itself out.

You could...but you really should dictate which switches are the root 
bridge and backup root bridge.  Additionally, do not attempt to disable 
STP on any ports unless you really know what you're doing and can 
guarantee that nobody who doesn't will ever be able to plug anything into 
those ports.  Bridge loops are a major PITA, and quickly overload things 
to the point that you may not be able to do anything to troubleshoot other 
than start physically unplugging things until you "make it stop".

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