RAPID SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL
RSTP IS A SET OF RULES BY WHICH SWITCHES ON THE NETWORK DETERMINE
THE BEST WAY TO ROUTE DATA ON THE NETWORK WITHOUT REDUNDANCY.
THIS IS AN ADVANCMENT OF SPANNING-TREE PROTOCOL. THAT PROMOTES HIGH AVAILABILITY AND LOOP FREE TOPOLOGY WITHIN ETHERNET NETWORKS.
RSTP IS USED TO UP LINK QUICKLY UP DO.
RSTP MAXIMUM TIME FOR LINKED UP IS 3 TO 10 SEC.
RSTP BRIDGE PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (BPDU) IS SEND EVERY 2 SECOND AND HIS HOLD TIME IS 6 SEC.
STATE OF RSTP
DISCARDING:
THIS IS THE INITIAL STATE OF A PORT. IN THIS STATE, THE PORT DOES NOT FORWARD ANY TRAFFIC.
LEARNING:
IN THIS STATE, THE PORT LEARNS THE MAC ADDRESSES OF THE DEVICES CONNECTED TO IT.
FORWARDING:
IN THIS STATE, THE PORT FORWARDS TRAFFIC.
CONFIGURATION
STEP 1
FIRST YOU HAVE TO TAKE TWO SWITCHES AND 4 COMPUTER.
STEP 2
WE CONFIGURATION SW(1) RSTP.
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STEP 2
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