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Understand STP

Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:34 pm

Hello,
Why does Mikrotik use
/ interface bridge
add name = bridge priority = 0x1000

Is priority 1000 not good?
What does this priority 0x1000 stand for?
 
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Re: Understand STP

Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:01 pm

It is not 0x1000... the default is 0x8000

To properly configure STP in your network you need to understand the election process and which parameters are involved in which order. In RouterOS the root bridge will be elected based on the smallest priority and the smallest MAC address in this particular order:
Bridge priority (lowest)
Bridge MAC address (lowest)

Source:
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:S ... e_Protocol
 
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Re: Understand STP

Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:40 pm

Thanks for your reply

I will ask my question differently.
Why does Mikrotik use 0x8000 and not 8000?
 
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Re: Understand STP

Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:54 pm

Its just in hexadecimal format...
priority (integer: 0..65535 decimal format or 0x0000-0xffff hex format; Default: 32768 / 0x8000)

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:S ... e_Protocol
 
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Re: Understand STP

Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:58 am

Ok, thanks for your clear answer.

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