I have a solid knowlege about STP and some basic concept on rstp and mstp. I know rstp compatible with stp, how about mstp with stp and rstp. Do many people widely use mstp? Anyone can give brief comparison among them or give any article;books and URL.
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I can tell you that Cisco is recommending Rapid PVST+ more than the others.
Referenced Cisco SRND website:
The use of MST really depends on the infrastructure you want to implement it on. If it has a lot of VLANs and as a result of that your network equipment is eating up resources MST is probably the best way to go. Else go for RSTP instead, it performs a lot faster than standard STP and doesnt need the additional configuration of STP enhancements like BackboneFast and UplinkFast.
If youre looking for a solid understanding of the different variants of STP have a look at any current BCMSN study book.
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