Re: bpduguard question

I stand corrected. I am in bad shape because *As I learn more I remember
less. I guess my token bucket is rather small. *

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM, peter ehiwe <ccie.in.nigeria_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> For the command you are referring to there is a relationship between
> portfast and bpduguard (spanningtree "portfast bpduguard" default ) ,
> it means if i receive any bpdu on a portfast enabled port then the
> port is shut down cos it expects workstations and servers to be
> connected to that port , so the command is "activated or begins to
> listen for bpdu's " when there are portfast enabled ports .
> But the interface level spanning-tree bpduguard enable has nothing to
> do with portfast , it instructs the switch to shut down the port where
> it is enabled if any bpdu is received whether or not portfast is
> enabled on that port.
>
> HTH
>
> On 9/10/09, Erik Witkop <ewitkop_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Entered globally:
> > Spanningtree portfast bpduguard default
> >
> >
> > I have a few questions about this command. When the command is entered,
> > it seemingly has no effect. But once you turn on portfast on the
> > interface level, BPDUguard is now working.
> >
> > What does bpduguard have to do with portfast? It seems that they are
> > two separate technologies.
> >
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