> The way this is supposed to work is that you configure STP for each of > the ports you're using to communicate with other switches, and thus you > get high availability out of it. What actually happens is that network > admins get lazy, and instead of planning their network, they turn STP on > for *every* port, so they can have a randomly-connected network. And > then everybody has to play the STP game, not just bridging devices.
That isn't completely true, at least in the Cisco world. Cisco has STP on by default on every port (Which to me is a proper decision) and it should never be disabled. To resolve the issue Port-fast should be enabled on Access Layer ports. So like you pointed out in a properly architected enviroment this is not an issue since a laptop is being connected to an access layer switch which should have port fast enabled (or STP disabled) and the device taps in quickly. Originally I was thinking that this something that should be resolved by NM, but now that I think about it I wonder if Network Manager should concern itself with an improperly architected network? _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
