The percentage is by packet count, not size, and broadcast packets are small, 
so they're not 50% of your bandwidth. That many broadcasts might still indicate 
a bridge loop if there was a lot of network traffic during the period. But if 
there wasn't much traffic, 116,000 broadcasts might be completely normal over 
two days. A few hundred devices ARPing for 48 hours would make a mess of 
packets.

-mel via cell

On Apr 7, 2009, at 4:25 PM, "Pietto Vasco" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

In my summary of traffic I have the following numbers for two days

Total Packets Processed229,542
Unicast47.3%108,482
Broadcast52.7%121,056

The broadcast traffic of 52.7%  is what concerns me. I can’t see how this is 
true, my network should be coming to a halt, but it is running fine. Can 
someone clarify ?

thanks

Pietto L Vasco
Director of Information Technology
Wildwood Casino & Gold King Mountain Inn
719-689-7255  Direct
719-689-2814  Ext 1125
719-313-8732 Cell
719-689-9843 Fax

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