> David> Duplex problems are a simple example like setting full-duplex > David> on a half-duplex switch might. > > David> A bad cable or NIC could cause intermitten problem as well. > David> Yes packets would get retransmitted, but who's to say the > David> retransmitted packets won't get dropped as well? > > Uh, RFC793, section 2.6 maybe? I think people would notice a total > network failure, so I am excluding that possibility. >
No, I'm not talking about things that would cause total network failures, just packet errors that would cascade the way a broadcast storm would for non switched ethernet. -- David W. Chapman Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net> [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>
