[Ilugc] [OT] doubt on Networking on linux

  • From: binand@xxxxxxxxx (Binand Sethumadhavan)
  • Date: Mon Apr 25 14:26:08 2005

On 25/04/05, Shakthi Kannan <cyborg4k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

For a large network with routers, this information is
exchanged in BPDUs (Bridge Protocol Data Units) when
you do STP (Spanning Tree Protocol).

Spanning Tree Protocol:
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci214602,00.html

Understanding Spanning Tree Protocol:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/sw_ntman/cwsimain/cwsi2/cwsiug2/vlan2/stpapp.htm

I think you meant to describe BGP, OSPF and the like. STP is a
protocol used by switches to detect loops.

Binand

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