Spanning tree control unit in the case of trouble or increase and method thereof
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Oct 31, 2002
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Oct 5, 2001
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Apr 27, 2001
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The present invention relates to a method and device for connecting segments of a LAN with each other. Especially, the present invention provides a method and device in which the reconstruction of a network is unnecessary and the operation of the network can be maintained in the case of increase the number of apparatus or trouble of the device in which the spanning tree protocol is used. A method of increasing the number of devices in a network by the protocol or a method of resuming the operation of the device in the network comprises the steps of: making the device transit to a state in which only receiving is conducted in the case of increasing or resuming of the operation; collecting information in the network in a state in which only receiving is conducted; calculating the priority of an own device, by which the existing network topology is not changed, by the collected information; and making the device transit to a sending and receiving possible state after the calculated priority has been set in the own device.
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