On 2013-07-22, Andy <a...@brandwatch.com> wrote: > For example we are connected to a various providers in various > locations (we have many OpenBSD firewalls and this is only a problem in > some locations) where they wont enable port fast/configure as static > access ports.
I would think this is the minority, and that most places are either on switches not smart enough for STP, or where the admins can configure them appropriately for the connected devices, in either case the extra delay would be unwanted.. (and how long would you delay for anyway? it depends on switch configuration). BTW an alternative to "sleep" in the network scripts would be to use "!ifconfig -g carp carpdemote" in a hostname.if file, then in rc.local maybe a sleep and then "ifconfig -g carp -carpdemote".. However neither of these account for the situation where you lose and re-gain link after boot.
