Network Loop Prevention

Recognition Display Spanning Tree Protocol Test: Prevent Network Loops in School Installations

Recognition Display Spanning Tree Protocol Test: Prevent Network Loops in School Installations

Intent: demonstrate — this checklist walks school IT coordinators and network administrators through a recognition display spanning tree protocol test to confirm that a hall-of-fame kiosk, donor wall screen, or athletic record board transitions to forwarding state quickly enough for the display to obtain a DHCP lease at boot, and that the switch port is protected against accidental loop creation by downstream unmanaged switches or hubs that might be connected to the same location.

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