RE: Port storm-control

2000-09-04 Thread Albert Ip
tember 04, 2000 5:21 PM To: Howard C. Berkowitz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Port storm-control I am actually trying to prevent problems from occuring... I had a situation that was work related that has caused me to rethink the need to make sure that broadcasts are kept in check. I

RE: Port storm-control

2000-09-04 Thread Kevin Welch
2000 4:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Port storm-control > > > "Kevin Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > A broadcast frame takes up the same bandwidth as any other frame of > the same length. The urban legend that "broadcasts consume &

Re: Port storm-control

2000-09-04 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
"Kevin Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote A broadcast frame takes up the same bandwidth as any other frame of the same length. The urban legend that "broadcasts consume bandwidth" really refers to broadcast storms, so you are looking at the correct problem. A NetBEUI host that sends seven name

Port storm-control

2000-09-04 Thread Kevin Welch
I am playing around with a switch and looking at the storm-control feature.  I cannot seem to find any reference on what good values are for thresholds to indicate a broadcast storm.  I am currently using 200 broadcasts per second and I think thats about right, but I would like to know what