Re: bridge and stp defaults

On Dec 14, 2007 1:24 AM, Niki Denev <nike_d@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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