6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2

[Javier Henderson]

On Sep 27, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 09:56:22AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>> If it up / downs the interface, it can be painful depending on your
>> setup. In one of the colos I dont have control over, the switch port
>> will block for 15 seconds for Spanning Tree when the interface
>> transitions like that.   Even in cases where this does not happen, a
>> 1-2 second network outage can play havoc with some applications.
>
> Ouch!  This is one of many reasons people don't use STP.  (I did note
> the "colos I don't have control over" part -- frustrating eh?)

You could enable port fast and still have spanning tree in place.

What many reasons do you and others have to shun STP?

-jav