Depending on the switches it could be spanning-tree portfast set spantree port
What kind of switch is it? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael L. Williams Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What are the first thing you do...?? [7:42276] If you're using DHCP and/or Novell servers, STP can interfere with their operation, so enabling portfast on endstation ports is required....... If you think your network is still a little slow, check the ports on your switches and see if you're getting any errors. Sometimes certain network cards and even certain versions of their drivers can cause autonegotiation to seemingly work but then cause FCS and Alignment errors which slow things down on those ports..... Sometimes you have not choice but to either force a port on either the switch and/or NIC to 100-Full, 100-Half or 10-Half..... Many of our Novell servers require 100-Half to function without errors and many of our NT4 servers with Intel nics require a specific driver to run at 100-Full without errors. Mike W. "Luis Wiedemann" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > hey all, > im new to the newsgroup, nad pretty new to real workd cisco. my experience > comes mainly from reading cisco press and sybex books along with a few > virtual labs. now im consulting for a small bank that just implemented a > swicthed network from thier old stacked hubs. everything is going OK but i > still feel that the network may be a bit laggy. not sure if its the switches > or what, so my real question is.... what are the first things you do when > confuring a new switch? I know I run the setup and configure IP, Netmask , > Default GW etc....we dont have any redundant links, so should i disable STP? > how about port fast? its only one vlan, and we only have one swicth per > subnet, except for the main branch which has one switch per dept, but they > all connect to the same server and there are no routers for internal > traffic, only to connect to the branches via fractional t1's. so i dont > think vlans are an option here...anyway...you guys/gals know of any special > things i should be looking for? > > tia > luis Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42297&t=42276 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
