Can you make a root port a designated port?
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?
























