When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spanning tree protocol is an essential function of Ethernet networks, and it provides several ...

As computer networks get bigger, it becomes increasingly hard to keep track of the flow of data over this network. How do you route data, making sure that the data is spread to all parts of the ...

Dr. Alexander Pasik, Chief Information Officer, IEEE, interviews Radia Perlman, IEEE Fellow and inventor of the Spanning Tree Protocol You are an IEEE Fellow and well-known to anyone in the networking ...

If you are considering a network design that has a ring topology and you desire to use Ethernet, then you should first be aware of the issues of using Ethernet with a ring architecture. Ethernet is ...

This blog post is simply an index page to the recent blog postings about the pros and cons of using a two switch topology to experiment with and learn about Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). Part 1: The ...

We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...

An algorithm that runs in network bridges and switches to prevent loops, in which packets keep going around in circles. In a small network with one or two switches, the spanning tree protocol (STP) ...