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title: "Tell Me What Is Root Port In Spanning Tree Protocol?"  
description: "Tell Me What Is Root Port In Spanning Tree Protocol?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-09-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49855/tell-me-what-is-root-port-in-spanning-tree-protocol  
category: "troubleshooting"  
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#  Tell Me What Is Root Port In Spanning Tree Protocol?

Tell Me What Is [Root](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83080/what-is-mulethi-liguuorice-root-and-benefits) [Port](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/878/which-tcp-ip-port-does-sql-server-run-on-how-can-it-be-changed) In [Spanning Tree](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49856/tell-me-what-is-non-designated-port-in-spanning-tree-protocol) [Protocol](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1027/what-attachments-protocol-will-be-used-in-windows-communication-foundation)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- A **Root Port** is a single port that has the cheapest path to the Root Bridge. From the [**switch**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94843/why-do-my-phone-get-switched-off-automatically) to the Root Bridge, the Root Port on the Bridge (Switch) has the lowest Spanning Tree Path Cost.
- The root port provides a direct connection to the single root bridge, or the quickest way to the root bridge.
- If more than one connection links to the root bridge, the bandwidth of each link is used to compute the port cost.
- Other than the root switch, a single selected port on a switch.
- The shortest path from a non-root bridge to the root bridge.
- On a non-root switch, there is only one root port.

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