6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2

[Jeremy Chadwick]

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?)

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