STP Port States Flashcards
1
Q
Disabled
A
(not a transition state) doesn’t participate in frame forwarding or STP
2
Q
Blocking
A
won’t forward frames; it just listens to BPDUs.
3
Q
Listening
A
listens to BPDUs to make sure no loops occur on the network before passing data frames
4
Q
Learning
A
switch port listens to BPDUs and learns all the paths in the switched network.
5
Q
Forwarding
A
sends and receives all data frames on the bridged port
