Re: My first question in group study!!!

Very briefly, a root port is the "closest" port in a SW to the root bridge
while a designated port is the one who "feeds" a segment with bpdus because
of its low cost back to the root. BPDU flow; You're a SW so you get and you
send out just try to understand this concept.

If you haven't gone through CCNP I'd strongly advise that you spend some
time on this:
http://www.amazon.com/CCNP-BCMSN-Official-Certification-Guide/dp/1587201712/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282245496&sr=8-1

HTH
Kambiz Agahian

CCIE Instructor/Consultant
M.Eng Telecom, CCIE# 25341, CCSI# 33326, MCSE, MCSA

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Routing Freak <routingfreak_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> What is the difference between designated port and root port in a switch in
> STP
>
> wat is the function of designated port???
>
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