bridge and stp defaults

[Niki Denev]

On Dec 17, 2007 3:23 AM, Ivo Vachkov <ivo.vachkov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 14, 2007 1:24 AM, Niki Denev <nike_d at cytexbg.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a reason that when adding member ports to a bridge stp is not
> > enabled by default on them?
> > Wouldn't it be more intuitive to be enabled by default these days?
>
> There are several reasons not to enable STP on a bridge port unless
> you're absolutely aware of what's happening here:
>
> http://unilans.net/phrack/61/p61-0x0c_Fun_with_Spanning_Tree_Protocol.txt
>
> > Regards,
> > Niki
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I was asking this question because all of the ethernet switches that i
have worked with (Cisco/3Com) have R/STP enabled by default (if they
support it of course).