Re: STP Blocking vs STP Listening state

I believe the only difference is that the port will send and receive
BPDUs in the listening state, whereas it only receives BPDUs in the
blocking state.

Jake

Anantha Subramanian Natarajan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wondering the functional difference between STP blocking state and
> STP Listening state.The way in which I understand the functions performed in
> each state is as below (from the 3560 doc cd)
>
> An interface in the blocking state performs these functions:
> Discards frames received on the interface
> Discards frames switched from another interface for forwarding
> Does not learn addresses
> Receives BPDUs
>
> An interface in the listening state performs these functions:
> Discards frames received on the interface
> Discards frames switched from another interface for forwarding
> Does not learn addresses
> Receives BPDUs
>
> Is there a functional difference between these 2 states other than its a
> nect step for STP convergence process.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Regards
> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
>
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