You could bring down the network if you use IPX and turn on routing. Unlike TCP/IP where you have a default route, an IPX router anounces itself and then everyone else tries to use it.
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:10:36 -0500 (EST) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > [...] > > i still dont see how a fresh install could bring a > > whole network down. i dont really see any logical > > explanation for this. im a network engineer. not so > > good but i know the basics. are you saying your whole > > network freezed ? meaning, all the others on your > > network were affected after installing mandrake 8.2? > > how is this server connected to the network? hubs? > > switch? > > > > It could potentially happen in a few scenarios (these are really > stretches though): > > The user is running a Token Ring network with the very buggy Linux > drivers. A node starts beaconing, bringing down the entire network. > > Or, all machines are non-updated Win95 machines. There was a bug where a > Samba server would cause certain versions of Windows to spontaneously > crash. At my last job my office was behind a glass wall overlooking the > sales department. I'd just brought up a Linux machine and actually saw > as several PCs started failing, people getting up and resetting > machines... > > DHCP services are enabled on the Linux machines (not sure if this could > happen since it would need configuration). > > Samba is setup incorrectly and does something weird with the PDC. > > WinME machines connecting to Samba servers sometimes start slowing down. > This is a WinME bug possibly related to duplex, virus scans, oplocks, > etc.. Ethereal shows a saturated wire as the stupid WinME machines get > into a cascade of retries. The only thing that seems to help is to mount > the Samba share as a drive letter rather than a regular mount. > > > >
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