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Electing Root Bridge for STP

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CPaul123

CPaul123

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Apr 18, 2002
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I have 8 switches...which switch should i make the root bridge?
 
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the one closest to the the gateway router?
 
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If you have 8 switches, then you should have 7 switches that plug directly into 1 switch. Thus that one is your core switch.
 
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Unfortunately thats not the case in my situation...I have six switches in one general area that are upliked off of one an other and 2 that are connected via a fiber uplink...
 
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If you have 6 switches in the same area ... then you should elect one of them the main switch and plug the 5 other switches into that one. There should be no daisy chaining.
 
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