http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n30922
May be the article to which Priscilla was referring.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:35 PM
> To: Dave Redwood; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: appletalk on catalyst 5500 problem
>
>
> Well, turning on portfast would have been my method of
> troubleshooting
> also. The other thought that comes to mind is that maybe the
> EtherTalk
> devices can't hear from their router quickly enough because
> the switch
> ports don't enter forwarding mode soon enough.
>
> An EtherTalk device sends a ZIPGetNetInfo packet to find its
> router when it
> boots. It sends this packet a few times. Perhaps the response
> takes a long
> time, causing the device to think it's not on an AppleTalk
> internetwork to
> start with. Then when it finally gets a response, it displays
> the message
> about the AppleTalk connection becoming available.
>
> I think we would need more info on your topology to
> troubleshoot this.
> Where is the router? Is it far away, across many switches?
>
> There used to be an article on this topic at Apple's site,
> but I can't find
> it anymore. But maybe you can search for help there. Good luck!
>
> Priscilla
>
>
> At 11:02 PM 10/15/00, Dave Redwood wrote:
> >Good evening everyone. Well, I'm here on my Sunday night
> trying to figure
> >out a problem I'm having with some of the newer
> PowerMacintoshG4's and their
> >interactions with a Catalyst 5500. For some reason the Macs
> always come up
> >without their AppleTalk(EtherTalk) connection up as it was
> before a restart.
> >A message that basically reads, "your appletalk connection has become
> >available, you must open your appletalk control panel and
> close it again in
> >order to activate the connection". So, I thought that
> maybe, possibly, it
> >could be a STP issue on the Catalyst so I set it to port fast... the
> >problem still occurrs. So while I think the problem is with
> the MacOS I was
> >curious if anyone has run into the same problem and if they knew of a
> >solution... I took a look around CCO and the closest thing
> I could find was
> >that I should, perhaps, upgrade the software on my
> supervisor engine... But
> >I'd rather not just jump into that one. :-)
> >
> >Hope everyone had a good weekend,
> >
>
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