Wendell Odem is a psychic!!!

[JMoore64]

This is kinda funny. As i was reading my ICND 2 second edition book by Wnedell Odem, i ran across this quote in Chapter 2 Spanning Tree Protocol: Electing the Root Switch. Pg 67 bottom of the page. (Clears Throat)

Quote: "It works like a political race in which a less-popular candidate gives up and leaves the race, throwing her support behind another candidate."

He needs to start reading Palms on the side!!!

Thought i'd share for those who need a chuckle.

 

[senk1s]

Odom may be psychic ...but does anyone accept being 'less-popular'

Odom knows the 8th OSI layer as well as the other 7

 

[JMoore64]

You lost me after psychic...

 

[senk1s]

Sorry Let me try and explain my humor:

I remember reading that 'her' had more popular votes

And 8th layer is the political layer

 

[namesrhard2pick]

Funny that I read the exact same page last night as well. I caught the her reference but it didn't register. On a side note, do you know of a trick to pick the root bridge switch based on mac address if the priority and cost are equal? Example:
28675:0019.e859.5380
28675:0019.e86a.6f80
28676:0019.e858.5381

 

[senk1s]

bridge id is a combo of priority and MAC

the smallest one wins the 'election'

 

[namesrhard2pick]

Got that, but is there a trick to easily identify the smallest mac if the priorities are the same? Of the two examples, which mac wins? The letters in the mac throw me off.
(a) priority 28675 mac 0019.e859.5380
(b) priority 28675 mac 0019.e86a.6f80

 

[lerdalt]

it's a hex number so your order for priority would be:
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d,e,f

I believe A would be the one to pick in your example.