On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Greg Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Paul, would you be able to demonstrate this problem? I'd like to see > it so that we can investigate and fix it. > > You are correct that the first generation of E-Series hardware (EtherScale) > had little control plane protection. > > The current E-Series hardware (TeraScale) has a completely different > architecture that rate limits, queues and filters all packets destined to > the control plane.
In my current job, I don't have access to this kind of iron. The afforementioned Linksys solution provides more than enough capacity. If you could provide me login/enable access to a current E-series box with no firewalls sitting in front, I can most likely replicate. (Off-list, in the interest of keeping things on-topic, with a follow-up summary sent on-...) Drive Slow, Paul Wall