RE: IBM printer question [7:13992]

2001-07-27 Thread Thomas Crowe
You might want to check is the port is going into errordisable mode. Usually when this happens, the switch is either set to or detecting full-duplex, when in fact the printer is only working in half-duplex. That could explain the reset when you log into the switch. I have seen this A LOT with

RE: IBM printer question [7:13992]

2001-07-27 Thread J. Li
This is related to the printer MAC address aged out of the CAM table due to inactivity. We see a lot on our servers. What we do is creating a ping script (traffic) on the servers to ping the gateway. In your case, you can do a continuous ping to the printer IP from a workstation or server, say