From: Larry Letterman (lletterm@cisco.com)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 16:17:18 GMT-3
it says in your email that when the switch is started..Portfast
advantage is that it goes
into forwarding after that at any time when a cable is connected to the
port in a few seconds...
Larry
Steve wrote:
>All,
>
>The following is copied from Cisco website:
>
>"An interface with Port Fast enabled goes through the normal cycle of STP
>status changes when the switch is restarted."
>
>If the above is true, what is the benefit of portfast? I originally think
>one of the advantage of portfast is for the switch to bypass the normal
>cycle of STP and put the port into forwarding state, however, what I read
>from the Cisco website says the contrary.
>
>Can anyone please let me know?
>
>Thanks
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