Re: [SLUG] linux locks up cisco - but how/why?

[Rob B <rbyrnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:08 AM 17/08/2005, Glen Turner wrote:
> DaZZa wrote:
>
> > The Cisco device would block the bad port if it detects a problem.
>
> The switch ports in the c8?? are too dumb to do that.

Aye.

> It's probably a jabbering network interface card (eg, sending
> the last packet repeatedly, with corruption). These are usually
> isolated by the switch, but we're talking household kit here
> (which tends to do cut-through switching which will pass jabbering
> frames whereas enterprise switches usual take the slower but
> safer path of receiving and checking the entire packet before
> re-transmitting it).

I've found it to be the opposite .. commodity gear uses 
store-and-forward rather than other schemes.

Rob


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