From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 01:18:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5CE16A4E0 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:18:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C61B043D70 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:18:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6B1ISXf075301; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:18:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3P/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k6B1IRTN053065 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:18:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20060710211121.1283baa0@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:18:51 -0400 To: User Freebsd From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <20060710175447.A1799@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060707040838.GE82406@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20060707151640.D51390@fledge.watson.org> <44AEB0CB.5060102@asd.aplus.net> <20060707181750.O1171@ganymede.hub.org> <20060707223609.N60542@fledge.watson.org> <20060708033254.GB87930@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20060708172001.GB77281@ip.net.ua> <6.2.3.4.0.20060709234941.12531860@64.7.153.2> <20060710010540.G1799@ganymede.hub.org> <6.2.3.4.0.20060710001040.125441e0@64.7.153.2> <20060710070951.GA23181@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <20060710175447.A1799@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em device hangs on ifconfig alias ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:18:30 -0000 At 04:55 PM 10/07/2006, User Freebsd wrote: >'k, I know nothing about Cisco but do have access to change my >configs (knowing nothing tends to keep me from doing too much >playing) ... what does the above do, exactly? Spanning tree is there to prevent switch loops as well as allow for redundant paths with switches among other things. If you are just putting a non bridge device in the port it should be safe to put the switch port in portfast mode so when there is a link transition, the port does not block traffic for 20 seconds on that vlan. ---Mike