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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Hubs and Switches => DES-1228 => Topic started by: rajeev on October 03, 2009, 11:56:08 AM

Title: LOOP IN NETWORK
Post by: rajeev on October 03, 2009, 11:56:08 AM

IN MY NETWORK SCENARIO,
WE HAVE USED FEW  D-LINK L2 SWITCHES AND FEW OF THEM ARE CISCO L2 SWITCHES

WE ARE FACING A PROBLEM OF LOOPING IN OUR NETWORK IN DAY 2 DAY LIFE.
I CAME TO KNOW THAT STP PROTOCOL IS A SOLUTION FOR THIS.

IS IT A CORRECT SOLUTION OR NOT ?
IF IT IS A CORRECT SOLUTION THEN IS IT POSSIBLE IN MY SCENARIO WHERE TWO DIFFERENT COMPANY'S (SWITCHES) ARE BEING USED AND THEY ALL ARE NOT MANAGEALBE SWITHCES.

PSE HELP...

Title: Re: LOOP IN NETWORK
Post by: Fatman on October 05, 2009, 11:17:05 AM

Ok, a few points.

Yes STP can help in a looping scenario, but the offending port (or whatever the the managed switch port closest to the offending unmanaged switch and any intermediate unmanaged switches) will be cut off from the network during a loop.

Different brand switches are not a problem as STP is based on a standard, however having the unmanaged switches is a problem for the above reason.