Ummmm, no, it's not advisable to disable broadcasts if you want ARP to work.
ARP not working would cause rather severe problems. :-)
doctorcisco
>From: "Infotech"
>Reply-To: "Infotech"
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Too many broadcasts [7:453]
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 01:16:44 -0400
>
>Dear Group,
>
>I have a small query:
>
>Is it advisable to disable broadcast on all the ports of switches. I have 3
>catalyst series 6509/5500/5505 in my network running all the WINNT servers
>4.0
>with all win98/win95 as clients. With the help of CWSI I have observed that
>many a times the broadcast increases very much & I experience lot of
>response
>delay in my network.
>can I use the command:
>
>switch> (enable)# set port broadcast 0%
>
>Will this put any impact on my network like nodes won't be able to talk to
>server ....or problem in finding the servers. I have also created VLAN's in
>my
>network to limit the broadcasts. Should I doit on all the ports...
>
>many thanks in advance
>HP
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