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Date:      Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:11:36 +0100
From:      Marko Zec <zec@tel.fer.hr>
To:        David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD4.4, fxp, no net after ifconfig for ~50 seconds (fwd)
Message-ID:  <3C041DA8.9A13167D@tel.fer.hr>
References:  <20011127104436.W15780-100000@localhost>

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As Cisco switches have STP enabled by default on all ports, maybe a reboot of
an 4.4 system is seen as a change in link state, so Catalyst holds the port
STP-blocked for a couple of seconds before putting it to forwarding state. Did
you try disabling STP on Catalyst eth ports?

Marko

David Kirchner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This problem is still ongoing; unfortunately I haven't seen a reply about
> it from questions. Maybe someone here knows what's up?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:08:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com>
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: FreeBSD4.4, fxp, no net after ifconfig for ~50 seconds
>
> We've recently started using FreeBSD 4.4 for production servers, in an
> environment where servers between 3.2 and 4.3 have had no trouble.
> Starting with 4.4, the servers have been booting up without being able to
> see the network for around 50 seconds.
>
> tcpdump indicates that the gateway isn't responding to the ARP request for
> x.x.x.1 right away. However, the gateway responds immediately to ARP
> requests from 3.2 through 4.3 machines. All other ARP requests are
> responded to immediately (ie, other FreeBSD 3.2-4.4 servers, even before
> the gateway responds)
>
> I was wondering if a) anyone else has been experiencing similar trouble,
> and b) if anything non-obvious has changed in the way FreeBSD ARP request
> packets are sent that would cause this?
>
> Our network runs on primarily Cisco hardware, and the servers are
> connected to Catalyst (29xx I believe) switches. The gateway is a Cisco
> somethingorother router.
>
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