Matthew, I came across this when working for GE Global Services putting in new machines for the Wachovia takeover. We had to punch down new connections or repair older ones from time to time. I've seen this happen when two wires were barely in proximity of each other. They weren't touching but were close enough to receive signals from each other. Re-punching down the wires eliminated the problem. Tom
________________________________ From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Weird Network Issues I am curious if anyone has ever seen this before. It really threw me We have a user on a Dell and Mac. The Dell started producing a broadcast storm, flooding the network. If you plug the Mac in the SAME port, this did not occur. If you move the Dell to another port (we tried four), it did not have the same results. We repunched the port to use a different line to the main switch, and it was fine after that. I have not seen this, as clearly it was not a bad NIC, which was our assumption. Is it possible the Dell uses different wires in the connection than the Mac and one of those was bad? That seems unrealistic to me. Anyway this is after the fact, but it has been plaguing my mind, lol ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
