If you are looking for the IEEE document, here's a copy of the draft: http://www.drizzle.com/~aboba/IEEE/802-1w-d10.pdf
-dre ""nrf"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > Does anybody know exactly how Rapid Spanning Tree works, or have a link that > describes it in detail? What I'm really interested in knowing is the > technical details that make it better than old-school STP, and in > particular, if RSTP is better, then why didn't the original STP designers > make it like RSTP in the first place (not trying to criticize, I'm just > interested in the evolutionary process of protocols)? > > What I find curious is that I searched and while I found that web sites > freely discuss how RSTP is better (or not), or talk about which vendors have > implemented it or not, I haven't found a single site that describes exactly > what RSTP is doing from a technical perspective and why whatever it is doing > is better than STP. Furthermore, I'm not a member of IEEE, so I guess I > can't access the 802.1w doc. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36857&t=36851 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
