Teaching on Testbeds

Spanning tree protocol

Fraida Fund

Runs on: Networking, CloudLab

In this experiment, we will see how broadcast storms can occur in a network with bridge loops (multiple Layer 2 paths between endpoints). Then, we will see how the spanning tree protocol creates a loop-free logical topology in a network with physical loops, so that a broadcast storm cannot occur. We will also see how the spanning tree protocol reacts when the topology changes.

It should take about 1 hour to run this experiment.

You can run this experiment on CloudLab.

Spanning tree protocol

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2231984.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.