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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Many, many times. Had a network bridged loop problem a few years ago
> caused (we think - never did find the root cause) by a failure in STP
> between two redundant routers. The vendor's solution was "unplug the
> cable between the two routers for 20 seconds, wait for the software to re-
> route, and then plug it back in".
>
> We "fixed" it the first day (we thought) and at 6 AM the next morning, it
> happened again.
>
> Just you try and do a sniffer trace of a billion packets and find the
> cause. <sigh>
>
> That was one of the nastiest we had. We ended up having to redesign the
> system because the vendor couldn't figure it out.
Interesting. The network in our old building one day started being
clogged with STP packets. I never did find out why. It just *stayed*
clogged. At least, until we got our new building a few months ago.
Gee, 4 years. That's one hell of a long broadcast storm!
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