On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 11:06 -0500, Gary Gatten wrote: > 11 or 100 pps is nothing - not even close to anything to worry about. A 10Mb > Ethernet "network" does over 19K pps. Most broadcast storm control features > default to several thousand pps, so really - 11 or a 100 is a tiny fraction > of a percent or available bandwidth.
I think Jeronimo's email ost a bit in translation - it was 11kpps, phrased as "11.000 pps". Not every written language uses a comma as a decimal separator for positive powers of ten :) > Switching Loops don't cause broadcast storms. If there is a loop it won't be > found looking for excessive broadcasts. Loops in ethernet networks cause all manner of lunacy, because they amplify anything that isn't unicast. After some time (depending on hardware), they amplify unicast too as the L2 devices involved age out or conflict out their MAC tables; once most switches see MAC addresses on several ports they can get a little confused! Jeronimo - you gave no indication of your network topology, and only a vague description of what happened so it's tricky to tell you why you didn't see the problem with ntop. Graeme _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
