Your conclusion may be quite correct, but it's dangerous to make generalizations concerning the behavior of microsoft client software, especially given their last 2 operating system offerings (2000 & XP). Whether or not a PC should or should not "care" about traffic traditionally destined for other sorts of devices constitutes an insufficient basis for drawing inferences about the behavior of microsoft network clients.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven A. Ridder" To: Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 6:10 PM Subject: Re: Slightly OT: 2924XL and Blue Screen of Death [7:32536] > ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > We're having an interesting issue that just appeared recently. We have > > some Dell PCs running Netware 6 and new client software. We're not sure > > why, but if one of these machines is connected to a 2924XL switch, it > > regularly experiences a blue screen of death either at login or within 5 > > minutes of login. > > > > We have identical machines that operate fine if they're connected to > > our Bay switches or Cisco 1900 switches. > > > > Have any of you seen anything like this?? That makes no sense to me. > > The only difference I've been able to determine is that Spanning Tree is > > turned off on those particular Bay switches and 1900 switches, yet it is > > turned on on the 2924XL switches. So, perhaps these PCs are reacting > > badly to STP BPDU. > > A PC wouldn't care about a bpdu. I say it's the client for netware. > > > > > Any thoughts? Our LAN people are doing some testing with different NIC > > software and Novell client software and I'll post back to the list if we > > determine the actual cause of the issue. But can you think of why it > > would only happen if they're connect to a 2924? > > > > Thanks, > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32547&t=32536 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
