At 08:34 PM 6/17/2003 +0000, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: >Access points can be configured to do bridging and I wouldn't be surprised >to discover that they don't do STP, especially low-end ones from the local >KMart. A lot of low-end switches don't do STP either.
Yet they filter out BPDUs? If they don't, then assuming proper configuration on the "high end" switches, can there be really loop? > So, the access point >would have to be inserted into the network just right so that it caused a >loop, but that's certainly possible. In that case all the looping broadcast >traffic, not to mention looping unknown unicast traffic, could bring a >network to its knees. > >I'm surprised so many people doubted his decription of the problem!? A 6509 can switch multiple gigabits of traffic without any problems. You would need quite a few wireless loops to kill such a box. I might be missing something but I still doubt that "a user with an integrated wireless and LAN NIC" can kill bring down a network of 6509 and 3550 switches. Thanks, Zsombor Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70825&t=70797 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
