Thats why "I love Microsoft"
Roger Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@groupstudy.com on 25/05/2000
07:16:14 PM
Please respond to Roger Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "Bartlett, DS1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Working it too hard?
Without users we wouldn't have jobs; I guess that _would_ make our jobs
easier. ;-) (Just a joke of course)
- Roger
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Bartlett, DS1 wrote:
> Your DHCP requests are only going to be processed during startup. All
the
> router is going to do is handle a helper address, which means when a
station
> boots up it will send a broadcast asking for an IP. The router sees the
> request and forwards the packet on as a unicast message. There is no
real
> impact on router performance for such a small task. Beware the idiot
users
> though who insist on shutting down their machine each time something
> happens.
>
> 75 idiots can bring down any network. And remember all our jobs would be
> real easy if only we could get rid of the users.
>
> Ciao,
> daryn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Working it too hard?
>
> I'm trying to setup a temporary LAN and would like my router to
> handle DHCP
> requests.
>
> My question is what if I'm asking the router to do too much?
>
> I'm using a Cisco 1700 series router with about 75 computers
running
> win98.
> The 1700 only has 1 static route to another router (no heavy
> processing like
> extensive access lists here) and nothing else. Am I asking this
1700
> series
> to handle too much?
>
> How many PC's asking for IP's before it craps out? What if I use
a
> 2600
> series instead? How many PC's could it handle?
>
> If it does crap out what can I expect as a reaction? It just
> freezing or
> something more sinister?
>
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