I put the kibosh on 3Com some 15 years ago when they had NIC connectivity issues with Cisco switches. They've never seemed trustworthy to me since.
-- ME2 On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Kim Longenbaugh <[email protected]>wrote: > We had a 3com router that sometimes refused to pass traffic for no reason > we could ever determine. But, all we had to do to get it working again was > to unplug one of the interfaces and let the electrons drain out for 30 > seconds or so, then plug it back it. The network was back to normal for > sometimes months before it would happen again. > > > > Then we replaced the router with their brand-new CoreBuilder 3500 switch. > Then, two weeks later they abandoned the enterprise switch market and left > us high and dry. > > > > Since then, 3com has had a big place in our network plans: the trash can. > > > > *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:17 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: My whole network went down! > > > > Well, by on do you mean on solid, like broadcast storm or locked up ? > > That’s more what I was getting at, I saw that on a 3Com 36 port switch a > few years back, whole switch just locked up, thought it was Windows and > wanted a reboot before it would work again. > > > > *Erik Goldoff*** > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > *From:* James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 4:13 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: My whole network went down! > > > > I did, they looked like they were all functioning but I didnt examine them > closely, just saw that the lights were on on all of them. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:52 PM > > *Subject:* RE: My whole network went down! > > > > Did you happen to take note of the link light status on the switches before > you shut down the UPS ? > > > > *Erik Goldoff*** > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > *From:* James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:45 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* My whole network went down! > > > > So anyway, we lost all connectivity around noon at our main office. After > some various checks on the servers, I try to ping some of them from my > workstation and every so often I get a reply but mostly its timing out. I go > to our wire closet and shut off the UPS that all our switches are on, bring > them back up and low and behold everything is working again. Anyone have any > idea what one of these switches was doing to bring the network to its knees? > If it happens again I will restart them individually to see which one caused > the drama. Network was down for 45 minutes, not happy. > > > > James > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
