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Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) was adopted and represents the
evolution of STP, providing much faster spanning tree convergence after a
topology change. This is specified in IEEE 802.1w. In 2004, 802.1w is
included into 802.1D-2004 version. This switch supports both RSTP and
STP (all switches that support RSTP are also backward compatible with
switches that support only STP).
This page allows you to enable/disable RSTP, configure the global setting
and port settings.
RSTP Mode
: You must first enable STP/RSTP mode, before configuring
any related parameters. Parameter settings required for both STP and
RSTP are the same. Note that 802.1d refers to STP mode, while 802.1w
refers to faster RSTP mode.