On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:15:34PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:

> >
> > ... is that if one moves a computer
> > from one location to another, the switch seems to 
> >take its time flushing
> > its tables and the box won't immediately be able to get an address.
> > It's only happened once or twice with a VERY cheap Linksys (again, the
> > switch is probably 1-2 years old, and this problem might be fixed by
> > now).
> 
> This is probably a feature, not a bug.  It's part of the spanning tree
> algorithm used to detect and avoid link-level routing loops.  My
> expensive Cisco switch has the same feature, but I found somebody with
> enough Cisco-foo to turn it off.  Check the documentation of your
> switch.

Thank you, I'm glad you told me that.  We're going to be moving
some machines around after the new year, and had thought that
with the higher priced switches we've been getting, 
that wouldn't be an issue.


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