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9033645-01 Spanning Tree Concepts 89
There are five (5) states that the ports can be in for spanning tree:
• Blocking: A port in this state does not participate in the transmission
of frames, thus preventing duplication arising through multiple paths
existing in the active topology of the bridged LAN.
• Listening: A port in this state is preparing to participate in the
transmission of frames. The transmission of frames is temporarily
disabled in order to prevent temporary loops, which may occur in a
bridged LAN during the lifetime of this state as the active topology of
the bridged LAN changes.
• Learning: A port in this state is preparing to participate in the
transmission of frames.
• Forwarding: A port in this state is participating in the transmission of
frames.
• Disabled: A port in this state does not participate in the transmission
of frames or the operation of the spanning tree process.