From: Carlos Trujillo (carlos.trujillo.jimenez@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2008 - 13:57:16 ART
Please, excuse me, the example was taken from lab 18, not lab 16!
2008/4/17, Carlos Trujillo <carlos.trujillo.jimenez@gmail.com>:
>
>
> Hi Group.
>
> SCENARIO:
>
> [SW1]fas0/14----TRUNK-----fas0/14[SW2]
>
>
> If Im asked to configure the trunk ports between both switches, and in
> switch 2 the trunk link should be designated ports for all active VLANS in
> the spanning-tree domain.
>
> two possible actions come to my maind..
>
> 1. As the question says SW2 TRUNK port should be "DESIGNATED", I undertand
> it implicitly ask to configure SW2 to be a root switch for ALL ACTIVE VLANS.
>
> 2. Think in enbling also "root guard" as with root guard protection in the
> trunk port in switch 2, it will maintain and protect the switchport to
> always star DESIGNATED.
>
>
> These example is taken from the InternetworkExpert VOL2, ver 4.1 lab 16
> task 1.1.
> In the solution guide I can see that they set the trunk ports in switch 2
> with a cost of 1.
>
> But what if for example SW1 is autamtically elected as a root switch?.. as
> a result SW2 trunk port will be a ROOT PORT insted of a desiganted port.
>
> If anyone experiencing the same issue, or understand why in the solution
> guide they set the cost to 1, please answer.
>
> Thanks.
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