Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:33:26 -0800 (AKDT) | From | "Christopher E. Brown" <> | Subject | Re: Linux box causing network meltdown! HELP!!! |
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On 20 Jul 1999, Harvey J. Stein wrote:
> "Gregory T. Norris" <haphazard@socket.net> writes: > > > Are you using IPX, by any chance? If so, I've got a patch I can send > > you which may take care of it... > > I might like to use IPX at some point, but right now I don't think > it's implicated, since when I tried to stop the multicast packets by > rebuilding the kernel without multicast support, I also turned off IPX > (as well as APM, which Alan Cox pointed a finger at). I still saw > some ethertype 8808 packets going out. But, I haven't verified that > they were identical to the ones that toast the Cisco. For obvious > reasons, we did it on an isolated test net consisting of my machine, > the server & the sniffer.
Sooo, if ALan produces his proof tool you can try it against your Cisco and see. I also have a stack of 1201 and 2900 Catalysts I would like to do a trial by fire on.
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