Re: STP root bridge question?

Yeah that would be a BAD idea here : ) can you shutdown links?

------Original Message------
From: Ivan Hrvatska
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To: Marko Milivojevic
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ReplyTo: Ivan Hrvatska
Subject: Re: STP root bridge question?
Sent: Mar 15, 2010 6:47 PM

Yes, I know. I would never do that in real life :)

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 22:42, Ivan Hrvatska <ivanzghr_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ignore my last post. My mistake. I think that's it. Disabling STP on switch SW2.
>> The problem now is that SW3 isn't using direct link to new root SW4.
>> Instead, it goes through SW2....
>
> I sincerely believe that you may have much bigger problem in your
> network at the moment (bridging loop). Disabling STP in that
> environment is ... serious trouble.
>
> But... you asked for alternatives ;-)
>
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