CMB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: maybe some IOS flakiness (assuming cisco gear here)
> Last night, the network was humming along just fine. > > This morning, It appears that once the network got loaded down > somewhat and started doing the freakin' thing again. > > Except, this one situation was slightly different than yesterdays. > > Using EtherApe, the network (from an ip viewpoint) would grow and > shrink as would the ability > to hit certain machines via tcpip. Segments would join and leave the > network at random intervals. > > EtherApe also allows monitoring at the ethernet level. From that > perpective, the network > extents were complete and static.. IPX packets could bounce around > all regions with no problem or loss.. > > As far as the machines go, some routers (but not all) would do the low > cpu utilization thing, then jump to nearly 100% utilization..and then > go back down. > > We isolated some hardware - just enough for the plant to run; the > front office > is disconnected except for the servers. The network is stable now (at > least the half of it that is still juiced) > > Weird that it would do that ...All of the dark routers excpet for one > had a solid and correct configuration. The one bad apple consistantly > misreported status with what was configured. With the bad one dark, > the other ones freaked as well (even after cold starts) until their > power was extenguished as well.. Waiting on spares ... to tide over > until the network is replaced with a new one soon. > > I'd like to know if anyone else has seen anything remotely like this.... > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
