STP Can affect this because on Cisco devices it places the port in listening mode when it first comes up. It can take up to 30 seconds for the port to go from Listening to Learning and on to F...
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STP Can affect this because on Cisco devices it places the port in listening mode when it first comes up. It can take up to 30 seconds for the port to go from Listening to Learning and on to Forwarding mode. Once it is in Forwarding mode it will begin passing traffic, prior to this no traffic is passed on the port. The kickstart is likely timing out waiting on Spanning Tree. In Cisco switches set Spanning-Tree portfast (or Spanning-Tree portfast trunk) to configure the switch to begin passing traffic immediately. ~Anthony