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, ...
The Spanning Tree Protocol, sometimes just referred to as Spanning Tree, is the Waze or MapQuest of modern Ethernet networks, directing traffic along the most efficient route based on real-time ...
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