Thanks! Looks like I'll be visiting Stacey's bookstore again during lunch I've bought so many tech books there I've earned a $100 freebie. >>> Daniel Cotts 08/24/01 12:12PM >>> I just looked in "Cisco LAN Switching" from Cisco Press by Clark and Hamilton. A great reference book. > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Leeb-Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Problem Using external routers to route between VLANs > [7:17166] > > > Thanks for clearing this up! This comes as a tremendous a > relief to me and inquiring minds on my other mailing lists > > >>> Daniel Cotts 08/24/01 11:15AM >>> > Portfast does not disable spanning-tree. It is meant for > connections between > an endstation PC and a switch. Upon PC startup the link > immediately goes > into forwarding mode. If a loop did exist the link would transition to > blocking. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Patricia Leeb-Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:33 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Problem Using external routers to route between VLANs > > [7:17166] > > > > > > Hamid, > > Don't know if you've already seen this, but check out > > > >http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/50.shtml#cisco2600 > > > > From what I see on this page, it would appear that a > > FastEthernet port is > > required for interVLAN routing. > > > > BTW, group, I noticed in the configuration section of this > > page that there's > > this statement on the two switch interfaces being trunked: > > > > spanning-tree portfast > > > > I was told that PORTFAST disabled spanning-tree?? Have I > > been given bogus > > information or is this possible on the swtich model given (3512-XL)? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=17187&t=17187 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
