CompTIA Security+ Exam Notes

CompTIA Security+ Exam Notes
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Spanning Tree Port States

 Port States - Spanning Tree


When all network bridges have all their ports either in a "blocking" (inactive) or "forwarding" (active) state, the network is considered converged, meaning it has reached a stable loop-free topology; however, if a network change occurs, the network can become temporarily unavailable until the bridges recalculate their states and converge again, with RSTP (a few seconds or less) significantly reducing this downtime compared to the older STP (tens of seconds) protocol by converging much faster.

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