Martin, Max-age is still used to define how long a switch waits without hearing BPDUs to re-compute the spanning-tree:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3560/software/release/12.2_46_se/command/reference/cli3.html#wp1946429 On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Martin Dimkovski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Task 3.5 in volume 1 asks to configure switches, which are running MST, to > "determine reachability problems within 15 seconds". The proctor guide > suggests this to mean that the MaxAge timer needs to be set to 15 seconds. > But doesn't MST run an RSTP (802.1w) flavor, and isn't MaxAge useless there? > > RSTP neighbour loss is declared after 3 missed Hellos, which would be 9 > seconds, already below the 15 seconds. > > Thanks, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > -- Bryan Bartik CCIE #23707 (R&S), CCNP Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc. URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
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