Statusi portova unutar STP protokola:
· LISTENING: prima i šalje BPDU-ove (15s)
· LEARNING: puni se MAC tablica (15s)
· FORWARDING: Propuštaju se podaci
· BLOCKING: Blokira se promet (20s)
Da port pređe iz stanja BLOCKING u FROWARDING mora proći min. 50s.
BLOCKING (20s) -> LISTENING (15s) -> LEARNING (15s) -> FORWARDING