Larry,
two things that can cause the delay:
STP - Spanning Tree Protocol
Solution: 'set spantree portfast enable'
(Use it only on end-station ports)
PAgP - Port Aggregation Protocol
Solution: 'set port channel off'
(PAgP is enabled by default on EtherChannel capable links)
HTH
Reinhold
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Larry Ogun-Banjo wrote:
> We have just installed some new catalyst switches 650x and 69xx. I have
> noticed
> that whenever I connected with a fluke to test connectivity on the ports,
it
> takes approximately 20 secs to get its first contact with another device.
I'm
> aware the switch port needs to learn the mac address etc but I would not
have
> thought it would take so long. Are there any commands that would speedup
the
> network discovery or is this normal behaviour on a new port?
> Pardon this trivial question but it would help.
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