STP - Spanning Tree Protocol

[GenMatrix]

I was looking through all the settings and saw this was disabled by default. I did some googling to understand what the protocol is and how it functions for networks so I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert on it but is there any reason why it's disabled by default?

What scenario(s) would I want to enable this?
 

Thanks in advance to whoever takes times out of their day to help me understand.

[Guest Killhippie]

10 minutes ago, GenMatrix said:

I was looking through all the settings and saw this was disabled by default. I did some googling to understand what the protocol is and how it functions for networks so I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert on it but is there any reason why it's disabled by default?

What scenario(s) would I want to enable this?
 

Thanks in advance to whoever takes times out of their day to help me understand.

You would enable it if say you were using an Ad hoc networks between say two or more wireless PCs together, without the use of a wireless router or an access point. The computers communicate directly with each other. It doesn't need to be on as default.

[Netduma Fraser]

As above, well put!

[GenMatrix]

2 hours ago, Killhippie said:

You would enable it if say you were using an Ad hoc networks between say two or more wireless PCs together, without the use of a wireless router or an access point. The computers communicate directly with each other. It doesn't need to be on as default.

 

2 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said:

As above, well put!

Much appreciated gentlemen! Please feel free to lock this topic at your discretion as it has solved my inquiry .