From: David Luu (wicked01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat May 25 2002 - 16:35:25 GMT-3
#2 doesn't gaurentee that the bridge for the vlan will never become
root...what if that was the only bridge? it will still become root
you have the syntax for #1 wrong, it should be set spantree disable vlan#
At 12:29 PM 5/25/2002 -0700, Paul wrote:
>So in conclusion we have 2 ways:
>1.set spantree vlan x disable
>or
>2.set spantree priority <max> x
>plus to be sure
>set spantree portvlan cost <max> x
>Am'I right?
>Thanks for help David
>
>--- David Luu <wicked01@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > if you understand how spanning tree works you can
> > turn it off and
> > manipulate it yourself, however its not really
> > recommended
> >
> > turning off spanning tree for that vlan is the only
> > way to gaurentee that
> > it never becomes root bridge (besides turning off
> > the switch completely)
> >
> > At 11:42 AM 5/25/2002 -0700, Paul wrote:
> > >Thanks David, but is this won't cause any
> > >problems(read
> > >bridging loops) if you turn spannning off.Is it not
> > >better to have some controlling mechanism and only
> > >play with priorities. I don't have any experience
> > with
> > >this matter, that's why I'm asking.
> > >Thank you.Paul
> > >
> > >--- David Luu <wicked01@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > > > set spantree disable vlan#
> > > >
> > > > At 12:09 AM 5/25/2002 -0700, Paul wrote:
> > > > >Hi guys,
> > > > >Late at night ,and I ran into this question.
> > How to
> > > > >configure Catalyst for Vlan X , so it will
> > never be
> > > > a
> > > > >root bridge for this Vlan. Is it:
> > > > >set spantree priority 65535
> > > > >or disabling spantree all together
> > > > >or something else yet?
> > > > >Thanks in advance
> > > > >
> > > >
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