I can see the point, however wondering how having this disabled would interact with things such as Citrix Session Reliability which (in my not-so-vast experience) is also used to maintain network connectivity to a session in the event of a momentary loss?
On 13 April 2011 12:41, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:40 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On my terminal servers I have noticed that the DHCP Media Sense function > has > > been disabled. IIRC this function is the one that pops up the "network > cable > > unplugged" notification when an adapter is in a down state, and then it > > unbinds all the protocols from it as well. As my servers will pretty much > > drop all their connections if they lose network connectivity, am I > getting > > any performance benefit from having this function disabled (it was set up > > prior to my arrival on this job)? > > I don't really know, but theorizing (i.e., talking out of my a**): > If it does unbind all protocols, a momentary network glitch or false > positive would cause everyone to loose their session connection. By > not doing that, users would just have a momentary stall. So I can see > why disabling it might be a good idea, on a Term Server. > > -- Ben > > ~ 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 > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." *IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice from Microsoft. However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes.* ~ 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
