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[Georgeee]

When enabling STP on nortel 5520 using Nortel Device Manager, what is the column 'Path Cost' for, i currently have 1 for a ports?

Thanks

G

 

[DaddyOfThree]

I would suggest you leave the 'Path Cost' alone if you don't understand how it works. If you're interested in how it works that I suggest you search Google.

He's a really good article on STP;

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/03/30/net_2nd_lang.html

Cheers!

 

[VinceWhirlwind]

The answer is that these values are auto-calculated and you don't need to fiddle with them.

It's the STG bridge priorities on your core switches you might want to adjust - assuming you're using >1 core switch.
If your LAN is a simply star with your one router in the middle, you don't really have to worry about it... until your users start patching patch ports into each other...heh.