Asante Technologies 1012 manual Shown below, About Spanning Trees

Installing the AsantéBridge 1012

3	Connect the MAU to the AsantéBridge external port as
	shown below.
	External Port
	2A/250V Slow Blow Fuse
	Replace Only With Fuse of Same Rating

RJ21 10 BASE-T PORTS IN or OUT BNC AUI

3-IN-1 UPLINK

		THROUGH
RS232	AMS LINK	END
PARTITION	UP=PC
		Spare Fuse in Fuse Holder
	DOWN=TERMINAL
TRAFFIC

Hub Port

	Figure 1-10 Connecting to the External Port
4	Connect the remaining backbone cable to another MAU,
	also with an AUI connector on the other end.
	Alternatively, you can prepare the cable with a male BNC
	connector.
5	Connect the second MAU to the AsantéBridge hub port,
	which is actually the hub 3in1 port. See Figure 1-10 on
	page 1-19 for the location.
6	Power up the AsantéBridge.
	The unit automatically begins bridging between the two
	segments, building a dynamic forwarding address table as
	each device on both segments transmits.You do not need
	to configure, program, or modify the AsantéBridge in any
	way.All operation is completely automatic.

About Spanning Trees

Although this simple installation procedure does not describe a spanning tree configuration, there is no difference. If you install the AsantéBridge in parallel with another bridge implementing the IEEE 802.1d spanning tree algorithm, it will automatically begin to participate in the spanning tree algorithm.You do not need to take any special steps to prepare or configure the bridge.

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