Good advice and a great way to sell SmartNet contracts and maintenance
contracts to keep those switch's CatIOS updated.
Also, I hear that Win2K can cause the same problem, but comes with spanning
tree disabled by default (which is the real problem, I believe).
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> Do Not Plug WXP In Your Cisco Network Yet: Crash Warning
>
>
> Computer Reseller News reported something 'interesting'. MS found out
about
> an incompatibility between Windows XP and Cisco Systems' Catalyst 5000
> switch. The conflicts can cause your corporate networks to crash. The
> unexpected incompatibility sits between the 802.1x wireless security
feature
> in Windows XP and the Cisco switch software that has a bug. Cisco has a
fix
> on its website.
>
> This week, Redmond sent an e-mail to all of Microsoft Consulting Services
> (MCS) to not plug Windows XP machines into any network without explicit
> approval of the client's IT department. What seems to have happened is
that
> a Microsoft consultant plugged a laptop running Windows XP into a site and
> took the entire company down.
>
> Some adventurous souls in Xerox did the same, and brought the whole
network
> down. Xerox sent an email to all 50,000 employees and told them that if
they
> plugged in WXP and brought the network down, they would pay for the damage
> out of their paycheck. Sounds like they mean it. More at:
> http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=041601-Cisco-WXP-Crash
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