DeWalt WP54AG Network Card User Manual


 
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(Only available in Access Point, Point to Point and Point to Multiple Point
modes)
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a link management
protocol that helps to
prevent undesirable loops occurs in the network. For an Ethernet network to
function properly, only one active path can exist between two stations. If a
loop exists in the network topology, duplication of messages will occur and this
might confuse the forwarding algorithm and allow duplicate frames to be
forwarded.