slow dhcp on 1G backbone.

[Dean Montgomery]

----- "Blake Hudson" <blake at ispn.net> wrote:
> Can you try putting a hub or linksys switch (whose ports come up
> basically instantly) between the PC and your HP switch to see if that
> speeds up the DHCP process?

We tried putting a 10/100 HP unmanaged switch between the managed switch and the client.  This made dhcp requests instant with no delay.  So the managed switches are doing extra negotiation when the client machines reset their link which delays dhcp.


-- 
Dean Montgomery
Network Support Tech./Programmer
dmonty at sd73.bc.ca
School District #73