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Date:      Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:04:40 EST
From:      TD790@aol.com
To:        kris@obsecurity.org, D.Brearley@hccgwy.mnscu.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Spanning Tree
Message-ID:  <29.21e2816b.298b43a8@aol.com>

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In a message dated 01/31/2002 7:17:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
kris@obsecurity.org writes:

> > 
>  > Hello,
>  > 
>  > Are there any plans to implement spanning tree support in FreeBSD? 
>  
>  A spanning tree is a generic algorithm.  Could you be more specific
>  what you think it should be used for?
>  

Spanning Tree Protocol is used by bridges in avoid loops and facilitate 
failover in multipath environments. Only high-end switches implement it 
generally. Its a bit clunky. 

Dennis

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