From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 27 15:50:50 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 99E2316A4C9 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from sccrmhc15.comcast.net (sccrmhc15.comcast.net [204.127.200.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66BC343D80 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from icarus.home.lan (c-67-174-220-97.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.174.220.97]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc15) with ESMTP id <2006092715504701500ipqape>; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:47 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 442FA1FA037; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:50:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:50:47 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060927155047.GA14563@icarus.home.lan> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20060927095043.17915d48@sentex.net> X-PGP-Key: http://jdc.parodius.com/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: 6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2 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: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:50 -0000 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 |