Re: Spanning tree can slow the network?

[Patrick Preuss <patrick.preuss () gmail com>]

Hi Andrea,

Spanning Tree is normal in switched networks, Bridges must send them.

A Problem can be recalculation and reordetring of the tree.

If you what to read more about this you can read "interconnections" from
radia perlmann.

Hth

Cheers

Patrick

Am Samstag, 14. Juli 2012 schrieb Andrea :

> Hello guys,
> I've captured network traffic from some customer's LAN for monitor
> behaviour of slow applications, in all cases I've found spanning tree
> packets that slow the transactions, like this:
>
>     Spanning-tree-(for-bridge)  STP  Cost=4  port=0x8003
>
> every time there is a spanning tree packet follow after a pause of time
> (about 1 sec.)  before arrives other data packets, this behaviour I've seen
> either in LAN with many switches and in LAN when switch was only one.
>
> How it is possible? I don't have configure spanning tree on switches. Can
> this be a normal behaviour ?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
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