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UniFi Academy: Switching, Routing, and Why STP Exists.

Intuitively understand and optimize STP in UniFi in the latest UniFi Academy


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Intuitively understand and optimize STP in UniFi in the latest UniFi Academy‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 
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Loops threaten switching, STP prevents disaster.
Layer 2 Switching vs. Layer 3 Routing
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Layer 2 Switching vs. Layer 3 Routing

Learn how switches and routers move traffic - and  
why Layer 2 redundancy  
can create loops.

How Spanning Tree Works
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How Spanning Tree Works

Learn how STP prevents  
loops by creating a single safe path through the network while keeping redundancy  
for failover.

Protecting the Network Edge
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Protecting the Network Edge

Learn how STP Edge speeds up connections for end devices and how BPDU  
Guard protects against accidental loops.

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