Can you make a root port a designated port?

July 9, 2008 @ 1:09 pm · Filed under CCIE Study

OK, what about this.. you make the trunk port asymmetrical.. dot1q tunnel than make it exit in the segment where it will be the designated port for it is the root port tunneled… ouch..
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:09:42 -0600 “John” wrote: : Exactly!!! the task is to make the trunk port f0/14 a designated port. The problem is that f0/14 is a root port. : There are 2 other ports connected to the root f0/13 and f0/15. If I change the cost all I’m doing is possibly :making another port the root port and putting f0/14 into altn blocking state. Even if I make f0/13 or f0/15 the root :port(I would have to make them trunks which was not asked for anywhere in the lab). I can’t make f0/14 a designated :port, because that makes a loop and STP won’t allow that. The SG is wrong wrong wrong, and I was trying to find out :if there is some “exotic” way to accomplish the task. : —– Original Message —– From: “LJ” : To: “John” : Cc: : Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:46 AM : Subject: Re: Can you make a root port a designated port? : : :>A designated port points the opposite direction than a root port. :> While a root port points towards the root a designated port points :> downstream away from the root. :> :> To make a port designated you have port cost and port priority. :> :> I can’t fully follow you.. Can you paste the whole task here? :> :> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:23:12 -0600 :> “John” wrote: :> : I have a switch with 3 connections to another switch that is the root. :> One of :> : the connections is a dot1q trunk. I’m tasked with making it a :> designated :> : port. I have tried a number of configurations and I’ve come to realize :> that I :> : cant make it designated because that would mean that one of the other :> ports :> : has to become root. If I could then make make the port designated I :> have a :> : loop. :> : : Ports going to the root can only have two states root forwarding or :> altn :> : blocking right? :> : : Can anyone see a way to accomplish this? besides making my switch the :> root? :> : : : :> _______________________________________________________________________ :> : Subscription information may be found at: :> : http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html :> : : : : : : : _______________________________________________________________________ : Subscription information may be found at: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html : : : :