01-29-2002 05:27 AM - edited 03-01-2019 08:16 PM
I have a few network stations (X terminal devices) that connect to a unix server with the X11 protocol. These station seem to eat up tons of bandwidth, broadcasting to every port on the network. We are a fully switched network, yet I can see all the packets to and from these devices on every port. Any ideas?
01-29-2002 07:44 AM
What's the type of your switch? If it's cat4k,cat5k or cat6k,you can enable "Broadcast Suppression" feature.If it's cat35xx or cat29xx,your can enable "Flooding Controls".
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sw_7_1/conf_gd/bcastsup.htm
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/29_35wc/sc/swgports.htm
01-29-2002 09:51 AM
The end point is a Cat4003 and the core is a 6509. Yes I could enable broacast suppresion, but these packets should not be broadcast and I don;t know why. They have source and destination IP addresses, and are IP based packets. I don't know why I see them on every port.
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