Well, of course...... an entire other network could be connected to the hub
=) ...... I guess the main thing to keep in mind is that it's fine to use
portfast on a switchport that only "endstations" connect to, whether
directly to the endstation or to a hub full of endstations.
Mike W.
"Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote in message
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> At 09:27 PM 7/19/01, Michael L. Williams wrote:
> >"Karen E Young" wrote in message
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> > > FYI - its a bad idea to enable portfast on any port that connects to a
> > > multiport device (hub, router, or switch). It can cause problems with
> > > spanning tree and routing loops. It seems to me that I've seen it
> >interfere
> > > with trunking too.
> >
> >I can see portfast being a bad idea on a link to another switch or a
> >router..... But would it really matter on a hub?
>
> A switch could be connected to the hub. Then it matters.
>
>
> >Mike W.
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