Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:50:47 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2 Message-ID: <20060927155047.GA14563@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20060927095043.17915d48@sentex.net> References: <451A1375.5080202@gneto.com> <20060927071538.GF22229@e-Gitt.NET> <451A4189.5020906@samsco.org> <20060927094509.GB75104@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <451A71B6.6040201@crc.u-strasbg.fr> <20060927132555.GB83422@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <7.0.1.0.0.20060927095043.17915d48@sentex.net>
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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 |
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