[BC] LAN weirdness

[Tom Spencer]

Dragon's tongue is supposed to be good for that, I hear.

As I've never had my 5-port switch (4 LAN plus the WAN port) do this...

sounds weird, though.

Tom Taggart wrote:
> Very simple network--
> 16 port low-end Cisco switch--six computers connected to it, as well  
> as small router & cable modem for internet.
>
> The switch "locked up"--no activity indicated on the LED's on the  
> front panel, network down.  Unfortunately, the way the automation is  
> set-up, the on-air and voice-track machine need to talk to each other  
> or the whole system freezes up.
>
> Unplugging the switch brought it back to life, but the strange thing  
> is this is not the first time this happened--but with an entirely  
> different switch!
>
> The first switch we had in this network was a "no-name" 24 port unit.   
> Literally no-name--there is no logo or other id on the box--the PD got  
> it from an advertiser as a great deal.  When it started doing this  
> "freeze" number I bought the low-end Cisco switch.
>
> Switch, router, and cable modem all on UPS.
>
> Looking for solutions that don't require eye of newt, and toe of frog.  
> Howlet's wings are available locally, though...
>
>
>   

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