From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 13 21:58:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EECA037B401; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:58:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from nycsmtp3out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp3out.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0279143EC2; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:58:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scottro@despammed.com) Received: from despammed.com (66-108-172-188.nyc.rr.com [66.108.172.188]) by nycsmtp3out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.12.1/Road Runner SMTP Server 1.0) with SMTP id gBE60Hwi025159; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:00:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:04:54 -0500 From: Scott Robbins To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hubs and switches (was: uninformed qstn...) Message-ID: <20021214060454.GA2291@scottro11.homeunix.net> Mail-Followup-To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey , FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org References: <20021213060718.GA8054@tao.thought.org> <20021214034131.GH503@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021213214850.D9342@seekingfire.com> <20021214040557.GA1797@scottro11.homeunix.net> <20021214054534.GK503@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021214054534.GK503@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:15:34PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote: > > > > ... is that if one moves a computer > > from one location to another, the switch seems to=20 > >take its time flushing > > its tables and the box won't immediately be able to get an address. > > It's only happened once or twice with a VERY cheap Linksys (again, the > > switch is probably 1-2 years old, and this problem might be fixed by > > now). >=20 > This is probably a feature, not a bug. It's part of the spanning tree > algorithm used to detect and avoid link-level routing loops. My > expensive Cisco switch has the same feature, but I found somebody with > enough Cisco-foo to turn it off. Check the documentation of your > switch. Thank you, I'm glad you told me that. We're going to be moving some machines around after the new year, and had thought that with the higher priced switches we've been getting,=20 that wouldn't be an issue. --=20 Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Anya: I have witnessed a millennium of treachery and oppression=20 from the males of the species, and I have nothing but contempt=20 for the whole libidinous lot of them.=20 Xander: Then why are you talking to me?=20 Anya: I don't have a date for the prom.=20 Xander: Well, gosh, I wonder why not? It couldn't possibly have=20 anything to do with your sales pitch.=20 Anya: Men are evil. Will you go with me?=20 --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9+soG+lTVdes0Z9YRAuMjAJ9bciOTFM+2/YyenBUWOjsKThKujwCfQtfb +Z7XgQRpqOWRWbdUz/NzvrA= =iV/I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message