Spanning tree root and network traffic question

Hi All,

I've got a dumb question. Say if a rogue switch (L2 switch) with a lower STP
priority were to take over the network as the root, does this mean that all
network traffic will be sent to this switch before it is sent back to the
core switch (the only L3 switch in the network)? It's just that the CPU
utilization has spiked up on this rogue switch and I'm wondering if the
increase has anything to do with network traffic being sent to it.

Thanks!

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Received on Mon Aug 01 2011 - 10:19:13 ART