Re: STP Blocking vs STP Listening state

Hi Jake,

  Awesome ,thanks for the clarification

Regards
Anantha Subramanian Natarajan

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Jake Secrist <jake_at_secrist.org> wrote:

> 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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