There are three major enhancements available for Spanning Tree, as it is
applied on Cisco devices:
PortFast - By default, all ports on a switch are assumed to have the
potential to have bridges or switches attached to them. Since each of these
ports must be included in the STP calculations, they
william,
there is a big diffrent between the two,
fastport allow you to move a port in a stp spanning tree protocol from block
mode to forward stat in 5 seconds, which usally take 50 sec, due to the stp
protocol.
you will use it only when you have a point to point connection like a work
station
These features are covered in detail on the cisco web site. Go to cisco.com
and search for "uplink fast" and "portfast" and you will find exactly what
your looking for.
-Kent
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
William
Sent: Wednesday, Novem
Nothing wrong with questions but for these real basic things a simple
search will work and you will learn more by looking around and reading:
http://www.cisco.com/
Dave
William wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Any one know what is uplink fast and port fast?
>
> Thanks a lot!!
--
David Madland
S
as some serious time
limitations. I tend to learn more quickly by knowing what I looking for.
Very best, G.
VP OGC
-Original Message-
From: MADMAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Uplink fast and Port fast [7:26236]
5 matches
Mail list logo