[c-nsp] Lot of input errors on a NPE-G1 interface

[Matthew Huff]

Can you explain why it is a best practice to disable portfast connected to a
L3 device such as a router? Switch, obviously, but a router?


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Chris Gotstein
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:15 PM
> To: Gert Doering
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Lot of input errors on a NPE-G1 interface
> 
> It's probably not going to address the overrun issue, but from a best
> practices stand point, it should not be enabled on interfaces that
> connected to other connected devices, ie a router or switch.
> 
> On 5/23/2012 12:57 PM, Gert Doering wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:18:45AM -0500, Chris Gotstein wrote:
> >> First suggestion i would make is removing spanning-tree portfast
> from
> >> the switch config.
> >
> > How exactly is that going to *help* with overruns?
> >
> > All it will do is annoy you after a link flap, and if you run rstp,
> it
> > will annoy half your network after a flap on that link.
> >
> > gert
> 
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