First thought would be to verify speed and duplex on both the NICs and the switch ports. Best to hard code. I'm guessing that the switch reboot starts the negotiation process between the cards and switch. Duplex mismatches would show up in the port statistics as bad packets.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CAT4003 and 3com [7:39084] > > > Greetings, > > Any knowing problems out there with 3com cards and cat 4000 switches? > I've a customer complaining when they insert new win2k with > 3com cards, > the whole network slows down. When the switch is rebooted > everything is > back to normal. The problem repeats when the add more win2k machine. > > Any ideas???? > > Thanks................Nabil Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=39098&t=39084 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]