Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: don't use cheap switches under some scenarios | Date | 15 May 2003 16:06:41 -0700 |
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Followup to: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305101411001.11628-100000@unix.cs.tamu.edu> By author: Xinwen Fu <xinwenfu@cs.tamu.edu> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hi, all, > I asked before why my linksys workgroup 5-port switch worked like > a hub > under heavy traffic (10mb/s) into one socket of the switch. The conclusion > is that the switch has some problem. > > In fact, for the first 5 minutes, it > works like a switch and then it works like a hub. The switching table is > messed up by the intense traffic, we believe. Other cheaper switches > (netgear fast esthernet switch FS108 ) have the same problem. We use a > CentreCom FS708, and then the problem is solved. Of course other expensive > and professional switches should be ok too, we think. >
Do you have lots of machines on your network? All switches has a limit on the number of MACs they can remember.
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