Compex Technologies WPE54 manual Scenario #1 No STP, No Pseudo Vlan

Chapter 5 Further Configuration

To explain the effect of STP & Pseudo VLAN on the wireless clients, we will compare 3 separate scenarios.

Scenario #1 – (No STP, No Pseudo VLAN)

Referring to the illustration below, if the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Pseudo VLAN are not implemented in a network, all clients (Notebook#1, #2, #3 & #4,) can access to one another, resulting low level of data security. If redundant paths were found in this network, broadcast packets will be duplicated and forwarded endlessly resulting in a broadcast storm.

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