Re: [WinMac] AppleTalk - not seeing the zones

From: Dean Suhr (deansuhr[at]carpedis.com)
Date: Sat Feb 24 2001 - 17:29:20 PST

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    Thanks for 'splaining that to me. Indeed this was the problem as he is up
    and running again.

    Dean

    >on 2/23/01 8:17 AM, Perbix, Michael at PERBIX@lmsd.org wrote:

    > Spanning tree is a protocol that analyzes your network connection and makes
    > sure you are not inducing any loops in the network. If it realizes there is
    > a loop, it will shut the port on the switch down. The problem is that the
    > protocol closes the port while it does it's thing and in the meantime the
    > Mac is booting up looking for AppleTalk info. The port finally opens after
    > the machine is booted and this whole process is what is not making the Mac
    > happy, this problem affects all Macs and all version of AppleTalk.
    >
    > How was that?
    >
    >
    > -Mike 8-)

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