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Ok, who really knows their networking?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:01 pm
by CoolJ
Hey guys, looking for some input here. I have a networking project that is 99% done, so please do not think I am asking you guys to do my project, it is much larger then this question.
Anyway, this one question is holding me from finishing, I cannot find a solid answer. Any input would be appreciated.
Question: Why would the spanning tree mechanism be difficult or impossible to implement for repeaters?
I am thinking because repeaters do nothing but regenerate signals and send them back out. There is no routing or fowarding tables involved with repeaters.
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:04 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
I'm not following how the term "repeater" is in there, unless you're using that term to mean hubs? (which generally aren't managed, therefore don't support Q VLans, etc)
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:42 pm
by CoolJ
YeOldeStonecat wrote:I'm not following how the term "repeater" is in there, unless you're using that term to mean hubs? (which generally aren't managed, therefore don't support Q VLans, etc)
Yes, reperater or hub.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:28 am
by Shinobi
CoolJ wrote:Yes, reperater or hub.
If your network uses CAT 5.. be it 10baseT, 100baseT or 1000baseT...
and your network goes pass the 100 Meter mark in length.. you have to use a repeater to regenerate the signal..
I just (very quickly) read about the spanning tree mechanism protocol..
and it mentions several times about using a "bridge".. which , in turn, links two network segments.... kind of what a hub or repeater would do..
I think this might be what you are looking for..
Shinobi
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:48 pm
by CoolJ
Thanks for the replies guys!
Much appreciated
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:28 pm
by yikes
CoolJ,
YeOldeStonecat is on the right track. Hubs do not support the spanning tree protocol and there for can cannot participate in anything that spanning-tree does. i.e root selection, layer 2 loop protection, vlan segrigation etc...
YiKeS
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:55 am
by YeOldeStonecat
yikes wrote:CoolJ,
YeOldeStonecat is on the right track. Hubs do not support the spanning tree protocol and there for can cannot participate in anything that spanning-tree does. i.e root selection, layer 2 loop protection, vlan segrigation etc...
YiKeS
Yeah the little I've read about spanning tree, I picture it as a method of trunking VLans across switches similar using .Q. I haven't done any .Q trunking, only had the need for port based VLans.