word to the wise
HP4000 switches, when multiple vlans are enabled, and one has a monitor port set up, combined with 2 bridges in a linux box, cause all sorts of problems. after looking around for the last 8 hours solid i found that for some very strange reason all packets on the network that were headed off this campus got as far as the switch with the monitor port. which happened to be one before the router. i guess the muddled mac addresses (since both bridges are on the same set of switches on different vlans and the same mac shows up in both bridges) were causing fits with the switch. when the monitor port was on, you could ping nothing on that switch, but could do just fine on each switch below it. turn it off, and all works great (and it was thoroughly tested this time -- more than just a ping). turn it back on, and it breaks. i know i have spammed up the list with a couple of rather long emails in the last week, and my aplolgies for that. i just hope this thread saves one person the headache i've had for the past week. let me know if i can be of help to anyone or if someone wants more info on these switches. thanks so much for your patience. matt --------------------------------------------- Visit http://www.neark.org _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
