Yeah, I was thinking I don't often see detailed descriptions of the
problems in firmware release notes for cheap hardware. Usually for
cheap stuff they just say "fixed potential crash" or something similarly
vague. I've also seen gibberish due to (I assume) translation issues.
I'm also betting most people buying a cheap switch aren't taking the
time to isolate a root cause of a lockup.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 8/14/2017 4:41:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Toughswitch/low cost ethernet forwarding failure
reminder?
Fill up the bridge table and see how it responds, for one.
Not forwarding though, sounds like a chipset bug you'd need to catch.
On Aug 14, 2017 3:39 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Let me phrase this differently: I am evaluating a new switch platform
that I am skeptical of. I want to construct a test that the
toughswitch would fail (but a properly operating switch should pass)
to ensure that this platform hasn't made a similar error.
If there are other known bad platforms I would like to include those
in this test suite as well.
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman
<[email protected]> wrote:
Symptom of Toughswitch is you installed one in the network. Get rid
of it.
Use a PowerBox or Netonix.
Josh Luthman
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On Aug 14, 2017 1:18 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Could someone who is familiar with the problem with a the packet
forwarding problems that were seen with a toughswitch remind me
about the details of the symptoms/cause?
I also remember similar problems with certain other switches.
I am evaluating a couple of switches and want to make sure I can
validate that this problem doesn't occur.
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