Question

Describe at least one reason why transitioning from the Cisco implementation of STP to the Cisco implementation of RSTP is seamless and state why an administrator would want to make the change.

Answer 1

STP mainly uses 5 states in a network, in which some states are replaced in RSTP which improves the time efficiency.

Step-by-step explanation:

STP mainly uses five states i.e. Learning, Listening, Blocking, Disabling and Forwarding to overcome the problem of collision in a network.

RSTP replaced the three states of STP i.e listening, learning, and blocking by Discarding, which results in the time efficiency as compared to STP.

As STP takes minutes to complete the network inter connectivity, RSTP completes it in seconds.

This is one of the main reason why an administrator want to change to RSTP.