gee, and my customer happens to have a 3com NIC. whaddaya know!!!!!! ( he has a generic PC, but what's sauce for the goose... - guess I will tell him to try an Intel NIC )
Chuck ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Well, sort of resolved. This turned out to be a known issue with Dell > machines, specifically machines using a 3COM 3C905C NIC. They expect > the network to be available almost immediately upon bootup and can't > handle the delay caused by spanning tree. In some cases, even portfast > did not reduce the time sufficiently. > > So, watch out for those 3COM NICs! > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=33246&t=33203 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
