I previously discussed the plain-old Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). In thispost, I will look at the differences introduces by its successor, the RapidSpanning Tree Protocol (RSTP). The Case for RSTP STP required 50 seconds to get a port in forwarding state: it waits 20 secondsfor the MaxAge (by default 10 times the value of the Hello Timer) timer toexpire. At that point, it knows it has to change the topology. It will spend theForward Delay in a listening state (15 seconds by default) and then...
