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8 - 4 Aironet 340 Series Bridge<br />

How STP Protocol Works<br />

The STP protocol works by having the bridges transmit special configuration<br />

messages to each other. The messages contain enough information<br />

to allow the bridges to:<br />

n Elect a single bridge. A single bridge is selected, from all the<br />

bridges on all the LAN, to be the root bridge. Each bridge then<br />

calculates the distance of the shortest path to the root bridge.<br />

n Elect a <strong>de</strong>signated bridge (for each LAN). A bridge from all the<br />

bridges residing on the LAN will be selected. This bridge will be<br />

closest to the root bridge.<br />

n Select its own <strong>port</strong> to be root <strong>port</strong>.This bridge has the best path to<br />

the root bridge.<br />

n Select <strong>port</strong>s are to be inclu<strong>de</strong>d in the spanning tree. Ports are<br />

inclu<strong>de</strong>d if they are a root <strong>port</strong> or the bridge itself has been selected<br />

as the <strong>de</strong>signated bridge for the <strong>port</strong>’s LAN.<br />

Any <strong>port</strong>s not inclu<strong>de</strong>d in the spanning tree will be blocked and any data<br />

received from its LAN will be discar<strong>de</strong>d. The bridge will not forward<br />

any traffic to this <strong>port</strong>.<br />

Receiving Configuration Messages<br />

Configuration messages contain four main fields.<br />

n The Bridge ID of the root bridge. This is called the root ID. A<br />

bridge’s ID consists of a 16 bit priority value appen<strong>de</strong>d with the<br />

infrastructure address of the bridge. The infrastructure address of<br />

the bridge is usually the address of one of the bridge’s <strong>port</strong>s.The priority<br />

value is assigned by the operator with a <strong>de</strong>fault value of 8000<br />

hex.<br />

n The Bridge ID of the transmitting bridge.<br />

n The cost of the path from the transmitting bridge to the root bridge.<br />

n The <strong>port</strong> ID of the <strong>port</strong> on which the message was transmitted.The<br />

ID is ma<strong>de</strong> up of an 8 bit priority value appen<strong>de</strong>d with an 8 bit <strong>port</strong><br />

number assigned to the <strong>port</strong> by the bridge. The priority value is<br />

assigned by the operator with a <strong>de</strong>fault value of 80 hex.

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