While the history of Internet development involves many names and was not reliant on a single discovery, it is also true that certain innovations have done more to enable better networks for all. It ...

802.1S Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol solves problems by supporting multiple spanning trees within a network. Network managers designing Layer 2 networks have long relied on IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree ...

if you had two switches and you connected them together with an ethernet cable and then you connected another ethernet cable to those switches you would create a loop on the network this means an ...

On a small network (<250 users) I had a user buy a 5-port Linksys switch and uplink (via 2 cables) to Ethernet ports on the wall. This caused an infinite loop that caused some problems for the site, ...

Spanning tree protocol is an essential function of Ethernet networks, and it provides several useful capabilities when used properly. However, STP can cause havoc when a network carrying live video is ...