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Step Three: Elect Designated Ports

All Ports on the Root Bridge are Designated Ports

If one end of a Segment (wire) is a Root Port the other end is a Designated Port

All Ports attached to End Devices are Designated Ports

On segments between two switches where neither of the switches is the root bridge,

the port on the switch with the least-cost path to the root bridge is a designated port

Segments

Segments

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