On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 09:56:22AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > If it up / downs the interface, it can be painful depending on your > setup. In one of the colos I dont have control over, the switch port > will block for 15 seconds for Spanning Tree when the interface > transitions like that. Even in cases where this does not happen, a > 1-2 second network outage can play havoc with some applications.
Ouch! This is one of many reasons people don't use STP. (I did note the "colos I don't have control over" part -- frustrating eh?) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
