Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
et and if an on-board NIC goes bad, I usually slap > one of those in and it "just works." > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:33 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: M

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
I usually slap one of those in and it "just works." -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: My whole network went down! On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Phil Bruts

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
optimumdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: My whole network went down! I read "they've" to mean the 3Com. 10-15 years ago 3com 3c905 10/100 PCI NICs used to have horrible problems autonegotiating with Cisco 2900XL switches, a

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Subject: Re: My whole network went down! On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Phil Brutsche wrote: > 10-15 years ago 3com 3c905 10/100 PCI NICs used to have horrible > problems autonegotiating with Cisco 2900XL switches, and probably other > Cisco models too. I haven't seen this problem in

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: My whole network went down! > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Phil Brutsche > wrote: > > 10-15 years ago 3com 3c905 10/100 PCI NICs used to have horrible > > problems autonegotiating with Cisco 2900XL switches, and probably > &g

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
905s were good. The 900s were craptastic -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Sep 22, 2010 10:33 PM, "Ben Scott" wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Phil Brutsche wrote: >> 10-15 years ago 3com 3c905 10/100 PCI NICs used to have horrible >> problems autonego

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Phil Brutsche wrote: > 10-15 years ago 3com 3c905 10/100 PCI NICs used to have horrible > problems autonegotiating with Cisco 2900XL switches, and probably other > Cisco models too. I haven't seen this problem in quite a while. Interesting. I've always looked f

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Phillip Partipilo
: Re: My whole network went down! Oh, no no no... I mean I havent trusted 3Com since! -- ME2 On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Webster mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com>> wrote: Is the "they've" in your last sentence referring to Cisco switches or 3Com NICs? It looks like you

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Phil Brutsche
I read "they've" to mean the 3Com. 10-15 years ago 3com 3c905 10/100 PCI NICs used to have horrible problems autonegotiating with Cisco 2900XL switches, and probably other Cisco models too. I haven't seen this problem in quite a while. On 9/22/2010 4:52 PM, Webster wrote: > Is the “they’ve” in yo

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
[mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: My whole network went down! Well, by on do you mean on solid, like broadcast storm or locked up ?

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
ME2 since (whatever). > > > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > *Subject:* Re: My whole network went down! > > > > I put the kibosh on 3Com some 15 years ago when they had NIC connectivity > issues with Cisc

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Webster
Is the "they've" in your last sentence referring to Cisco switches or 3Com NICs? It looks like you are saying that Cisco switches have never seemed trustworthy to ME2 since (whatever). Webster From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: M

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
>>> and left us high and dry. >>> >>> >>> >>> Since then, 3com has had a big place in our network plans: the trash can. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* Wednes

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
ket and left >> us high and dry. >> >> >> >> Since then, 3com has had a big place in our network plans: the trash can. >> >> >> >> *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:17 PM >> >

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Kerr
No, was probably some luser around here. - Original Message - From: Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man... To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:54 PM Subject: Re: My whole network went down! You don't feed them after midnight do you? Sent

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
> *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:17 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: My whole network went down! > > > > Well, by on do you mean on solid, like broadcast storm or locked up ? > > That’s more

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man...
You don't feed them after midnight do you? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "James Kerr" Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:53:04 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Re: My whole network went

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Kerr
probably gremlins. - Original Message - From: Steven M. Caesare To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:47 PM Subject: RE: My whole network went down! Spanning tree loop or some such silliness? -sc From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Spanning tree loop or some such silliness? -sc From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: My whole network went down! So anyway, we lost all connectivity around noon at our main office. After some vario

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: My whole network went down! Well, by on do you mean on solid, like broadcast storm or locked up ? That's more what I was getting at, I saw that on a 3Com 36

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Kerr
a good man... To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:15 PM Subject: Re: My whole network went down! Flashing or solid? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- From: "James

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: My whole network went down! I did, they looked like

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man...
Flashing or solid? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "James Kerr" Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:12:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Re: My whole network went down! I did, they looked like they

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Kerr
I did, they looked like they were all functioning but I didnt examine them closely, just saw that the lights were on on all of them. - Original Message - From: Erik Goldoff To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:52 PM Subject: RE: My whole network

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Brand and model of switches? From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: My whole network went down! So anyway, we lost all connectivity around noon at our main office. After some various checks on the serve

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
From: "James Kerr" Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:54:41 -0400 To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Re: My whole network went down! LOL! Only one is managed, the rest are all just dumb. - Original Message - From: Don Ely - sc t

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
+1. Definitely seen that a few times over the years. -- ME2 On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Carol Fee wrote: > It wasn’t necessarily one of the switches. We had a server nic flake > badly enough to put the switch out of kilter which had essentially the same > effect. > > > > *CFee* > > >

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread N Parr
Add any new devices to the network lately? The reason I ask is because I tried hooking up a Cisco WET200 Wireless Bridge a couple weeks ago and within 30 min it will cause a couple of my 2950's to start dropping and rebuilding their ARP tables. And of course during the 30 sec they are doing that

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man...
But were they dumb switches? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:04:52 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: RE: My whole network went down! Quite some time ago I h

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Quite some time ago I had some HP 4000M switches that, after a few months of uptime, would suddenly just start dropping ports. A firmware update eventually fixed that issue. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man...
se in place it took 5 minutes to find the source... Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "James Kerr" Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:54:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Re: My whole network went down!

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man...
When all else fails, reboot the Internet! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Erik Goldoff" Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:52:42 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: RE: My whole network went down! Did you

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Kerr
LOL! Only one is managed, the rest are all just dumb. - Original Message - From: Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man... To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:49 PM Subject: Re: My whole network went down! U... What kind of switches? If they

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Erik Goldoff
Did you happen to take note of the link light status on the switches before you shut down the UPS ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, Septemb

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread RichardMcClary
Do something like this? http://xkcd.com/730/ -- richard James Forbis wrote on 09/22/2010 01:54:08 PM: > Did anyone make any wiring changes lately? Maybe you had a spanning- > tree loop.. > > > > From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:45 PM > T

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Rankin
LOL. This switch debate just keeps on giving. On 22 September 2010 19:49, Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man... < don@gmail.com> wrote: > U... What kind of switches? If they were Cisco you'd have magic ninja > support that could help you isolate the issue without bouncing the network

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread James Forbis
Did anyone make any wiring changes lately? Maybe you had a spanning-tree loop.. From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: My whole network went down! So anyway, we lost all connectivity around noon at our main

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Carol Fee
It wasn't necessarily one of the switches. We had a server nic flake badly enough to put the switch out of kilter which had essentially the same effect. CFee From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: My whole n

Re: My whole network went down!

2010-09-22 Thread Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man...
U... What kind of switches? If they were Cisco you'd have magic ninja support that could help you isolate the issue without bouncing the network. If they were HP switches, their support might not know what to do but they will ship out a new switch to you overnight But really, if thes