Some were related to inadequate buffer sizes causing mixing 100 meg and 1 gig interfaces to have issues.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <[email protected]> To: "af" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 4:13:54 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Toughswitch/low cost ethernet forwarding failure reminder? The old archived emails I've found on the toughswitch problem was random packetloss. But I remember someone had figured out more details, just don't remember what they were and haven't found an email which contains the discussion. I vaguely think it might have been load or pps related, but before what you'd think was full load. On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Josh Reynolds < [email protected] > wrote: Fill up the bridge table and see how it responds, for one. Not forwarding though, sounds like a chipset bug you'd need to catch. On Aug 14, 2017 3:39 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Let me phrase this differently: I am evaluating a new switch platform that I am skeptical of. I want to construct a test that the toughswitch would fail (but a properly operating switch should pass) to ensure that this platform hasn't made a similar error. If there are other known bad platforms I would like to include those in this test suite as well. On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Symptom of Toughswitch is you installed one in the network. Get rid of it. Use a PowerBox or Netonix. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 14, 2017 1:18 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Could someone who is familiar with the problem with a the packet forwarding problems that were seen with a toughswitch remind me about the details of the symptoms/cause? I also remember similar problems with certain other switches. I am evaluating a couple of switches and want to make sure I can validate that this problem doesn't occur. -- Forrest Christian CEO , PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com </blockquote> -- Forrest Christian CEO , PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Forrest Christian CEO , PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com
