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&gt;I decided to turn off STP<br />
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Yikes!!! Turning off STP can be exciting. All it takes is a loop and you've got yourself an... event. On many Cisco switches, STP can't be disabled. I haven't tried disabling it on the 3560's though. If you've got redundant paths, the reason traffic stopped COULD be because of a broadcast storm.
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>I decided to turn off STP

Yikes!!! Turning off STP can be exciting. All it takes is a loop and you've got yourself an... event. On many Cisco switches, STP can't be disabled. I haven't tried disabling it on the 3560's though. If you've got redundant paths, the reason traffic stopped COULD be because of a broadcast storm.

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I guess I should enable port fast then?
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Ok sounds good. Could you please take a look at my other post. <br />

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Ok sounds good. Could you please take a look at my other post.


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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22093664/cat-2960.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22093664/cat-2960.html</a>
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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22093664/cat-2960.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22093664/cat-2960.html]

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Hey All,<br />
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&nbsp;I have CNA running and I decided to turn off STP and traffic stopped flowing through the network and didn't start until I re enabled it. Is there any reason why I can't disable STP?
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Hey All,

 I have CNA running and I decided to turn off STP and traffic stopped flowing through the network and didn't start until I re enabled it. Is there any reason why I can't disable STP?

cat 3560

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.