Without portfast, it can take up to about 40 seconds for the network connection to come up on the workstatsion. This document is the one your looking for:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/100.html ""Brian Zeitz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Yes, the DHCP server is. Portfast is not enabled on any of the devices > or servers. It's a simple LAN setup. Yes everything should be on VLAN1 > since I didn't change anything \on the switch. Also, everything is on > the same subnet. The scope is set, the workstations DO get them > eventually. But I get a lot of errors in their event logs, and they have > problems logging in sometimes. Something must not be set right. Thanks > for your help. Maybe I need to read up on portfast. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Davis, Scott [ISE/RAC] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:02 PM > To: Brian Zeitz; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: DHCP problems [7:44825] > > Is your DHCP server connected to this switch and are the workstations in > question and the DHCP server on the same subnet/VLAN. If not you need to > use > ip helper addresses on the L3 device between them. Are any workstations > able > to get DHCP addresses from the server? Is the DHCP scope active? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Zeitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: DHCP problems [7:44825] > > > I am having an issue with a 3550-24 Cisco switch and a windows 2000 > Network. DHCP is not working correctly, I get sephamore timeouts on a > lot of the workstations. I set the port and the servers to 100M Full. Is > there anything else I should be looking for? Could there be something > preventing DCHP from working right, maybe it is not allowing a > broadcast. Maybe it is something simple, I guess this is a newbie > question :-) thanks for your help in advance. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44870&t=44825 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]