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thanks. What are the negative effects of using the wrong switch as root?
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thanks. What are the negative effects of using the wrong switch as root?

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Network performance could be degraded as all traffic will use this root bridge as the path to measure for determining the 'best path' for forwarding PDU's.<br />
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Shaun
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Network performance could be degraded as all traffic will use this root bridge as the path to measure for determining the 'best path' for forwarding PDU's.

Shaun

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We have a 4507r switch and plan on adding two or three 3560 switches<br />
I'm assuming I should make the 4507r the root switch for STP? &nbsp;What are some other STP best practices?<br />
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Also, we have about 10 vlans that exist on our 4507. Do these VLANs need to be created on the other distribution layer switches as well? &nbsp;I guess best practice is to do inter-vlan routing at distribution layer and not core layer?<br />
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Thanks
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We have a 4507r switch and plan on adding two or three 3560 switches
I'm assuming I should make the 4507r the root switch for STP?  What are some other STP best practices?

Also, we have about 10 vlans that exist on our 4507. Do these VLANs need to be created on the other distribution layer switches as well?  I guess best practice is to do inter-vlan routing at distribution layer and not core layer?

Thanks

Spanning tree question (Cisco)

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.