On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Sean O'Connell wrote: > On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 02:06 -0400, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote: >> For some reason I cannot kickstart via pxe after installing a new SMC >> 48Port GigE switch. >> >> I swapped out an old hub to test and kickstarting still works with the old >> hub. >> > > I assume this is a managed switch. This is most likely SpanTree biting > you. You need to enable the equivalent of PortFast for ports on your > switch that have hosts attached to it. excellent, thanks. that makes it work.