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Quote of the Day about Spanning Tree

12th March 2012 By Greg Ferro Filed Under: Blog

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Spanning tree should look like a bonsai, not an oak.

Genius. That’s a perfectly reductive summary of STP design in ten words.

Applause.

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Comments

  1. Tdoffing says

    12th March 2012 at 15:49 +0000

    What if the bonsai was an oak?

  2. guest says

    12th March 2012 at 17:34 +0000

    here’s an old one

    spanning-tree is not understandable by man… because it was written by a woman..

    (no offense Radia)

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