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Discards frames, does not learn MAC addresses
Discards frames, does not learn MAC addresses (receives BPDUs)
Discards frames, learns MAC addresses
Forwards frames, learns MAC addresses
Administratively down, discards frames
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Blocking: Discards frames, does not learn MAC addresses
Blocking discards frames and does not learn MACs; Listening discards frames but does not learn MACs (receives BPDUs); Learning discards frames but learns MACs; Forwarding forwards frames and learns MACs; Disabled administratively down and discards frames.
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