this is not a feature.
this is a bug, a quite common one that i've noticed.
of course, cisco is just going to tell you that thier layer two switches are
sooooooo smart that they are actually doing ,ayer three switching, but check
your source and destination MAC addresses =)
That was supposed to be funny but it wasnt. be quiet.
""John Neiberger"" wrote in message
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> I'm running a demo of some LAN analysis software from my PC which is
> connected to a non-SPAN port. So, I should only see unicast traffic
> to/from my workstation, broadcasts, and multicasts, right? right!
>
> However, from time to time I see unicast packets that are neither
> destined for or originated from my machine. In one particular case I'm
> seeing SNMP traffic from our NMS to the switch I'm connected to.
> There's not a lot of this occurring, but since it shouldn't happen ever
> I'm worried that I might have a defective switch or at least a "feature"
> in the switch software.
>
> Have any of you seen this behavior before?
>
> Thanks,
> John
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