RSTP versus STP

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What are the advantages of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) over Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)? Are there situations when STP is a better choice over RSTP?

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Post A

One of the. advantages of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol versus Spanning Tree Protocol is the availability they offer, this means that the response time is slower with Spanning Tree Protocol versus Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol. An example of when this would be very beneficial would be in the case of a network issue or failure your derives would still be able to communicate since your data would be able to be rerouted. this can be a big deal in a situation of a network down time and can allow your company or business to beat least partially operational instead of. completely in-operational.

This is my personal opinion, but there really is not many situations where Spanning Tree Protocol would be better than Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol. This is more due to that Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol is the superior successor to Spanning Tree Protocol. In almost every way Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol is better and has more advantages than Spanning Tree Protocol. In my opinion Spanning Tree Protocol is outdated and should almost be obsolete. Like the vcr tapes vs blue ray disc.

Post B

Well the biggest advantage of RSTPs is in the name – rapid. It takes less time for switches on a network to route data using RSTP than STP. The time difference? Literally seconds, which could have a major impact on how quickly important data is sent from PC to PC. Another advantage is the port states and their functions. In an RSTP, the listening, disabled and blocking states in an STP are combined into one port called discarding for RSTPs. The discarding state acts similarly to those 3 stated previously in that there is no forwarding, processing, or learning when activated. One more advantage RSTPs have over STPs, is their ports & how soon can data move to the forwarding state. RSTPs have alternate and backup ports, which in a sense are able to move directly to the forwarding state. This means flooding and looping occur less in a span of time here. In STPs, because it functions on a “single” motion its ports must wait for the network to connect before proceeding. Due to having to wait, STP ports have to work harder to balance traffic vs RSTP ports.

In my opinion, more businesses should rely on RSTPs, especially when it comes to recovery times. I know a healthy network functions on both RSTPs and STPs (as they rely on each other), but I believe there are only a few situations where STPs are better. When it comes to link redundancy and preventing loops STPs can be seen as a better choice. With all the advantages a RSTP has over STPs, it should be the preferred protocol choice.

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