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=17183&t=17183 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
