Yep - Blocking, Listening, Learning ....then forwarding. Can't remember the
timings but the total is 50 seconds. From memory, I'd go for 20 Blocking, 15
Listening, 15 Learning but I'll fold fairly easy on that one.
Admittedly we haven't got many details. Portfast would change things but I
definitely can't remember the timings for that.
Gaz
""Michael L. Williams"" wrote in message
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> STP (by default) should take up to 50 secs, but I thought *all* ports
should
> go into blocking mode first thing before the STP recalc starts....
otherwise
> you could have a switching loop (broadcast storm) for up to 50 secs....
not
> good....
>
> Mike W.
>
> "Peter Slow" wrote in message
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> > nope. not if hes connecting to his root bridge. all of the interfaces on
> the
> > root bridge will be in forwarding state, so he should see the blocked
> > interface on the 3548 switch.
> >
> > something is wrong.
> >
> > just remember that you dont plug things in and ~*BLIP*~ things start
> > blocking.
> > convergence takes like 50 seconds on a network set up with defaults.
> >
> > wait a few minutes bofore looking and see what you come up with.
> > \
> > -Peter Slow
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gareth Hinton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:34 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Spanning tree cost for redundant connection. [7:11623]
> >
> >
> > Only one end of the link will show as blocking, the other will stay as
> > forwarding even though no traffic can pass over the link.
> > Check the other end to see if that is blocking.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gaz
> >
> > ""Ryan Ngai Hon Kong"" wrote in message
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> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have about 18 C3548 switches with UTP cross-over as a redundant link
> to
> > > the core C6009 switches (1 unit) and the production link of LX & SX
> GBIC.
> > > When the production link is in operation, all the GBIC ports is in
> > > forwarding
> > > state. However when I attach the redundant UTP cable at 1 C3548 to the
> > > another
> > > C3548 (cascade), I wonder why they are still in forwarding state.
Here's
> a
> > > basic
> > > layout.
> > >
> > > C3548 \ / C3548
> > > (utp) | \ / | (utp)
> > > C3548 ---- C6009 ----- C3548
> > > (utp) | / \ | (utp)
> > > C3548 / \ C3548
> > >
> > > How do I set the cascading port (as a redundant link) into blocking
> state?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ryan
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