From: LJ (lj@2u2.nu)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2008 - 13:46:24 ART
A designated port points the opposite direction than a root port.
While a root port points towards the root a designated port points
downstream away from the root.
To make a port designated you have port cost and port priority.
I can't fully follow you.. Can you paste the whole task here?
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:23:12 -0600
"John" <jgarrison1@austin.rr.com> wrote:
: I have a switch with 3 connections to another switch that is the root. One of
: the connections is a dot1q trunk. I'm tasked with making it a designated
: port. I have tried a number of configurations and I've come to realize that I
: cant make it designated because that would mean that one of the other ports
: has to become root. If I could then make make the port designated I have a
: loop.
:
: Ports going to the root can only have two states root forwarding or altn
: blocking right?
:
: Can anyone see a way to accomplish this? besides making my switch the root?
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