>From the mother of the spanning tree herself, Radia Perlman, comes a very >poetic explanation of the protocol entitled "Algorhyme":
I think that I shall never see A graph as lovely as a tree. A tree which must be sure to span. So packets can reach every LAN. First the root must be selected. By ID, it is elected. Least cost paths from Root are traced. In the tree these paths are placed. A mesh is made by folks like me. Then bridges find a spanning tree. A longer, more technical version can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanning_tree_protocol Take care, Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Davey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Vyatta-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 12:02:24 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles Subject: Re: [Vyatta-users] Spanning-tree > Thanks Dave, > > I am sorry you lost time because of my stupid question. > A good STP howto here: > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/spanning_tree1.swf No worries. Spanning tree is uber-confusing sometimes. It often works in ways that are correct, but non-intuitive. > I will release 3 new Vyatta tutorials very soon: > - vyatta bridging > - CDP on Vyatta > - STP and vyatta Very cool! Looking forward to them. ;-) -- Dave _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
