[isapros] Re: OT:Network Porblems

  • From: "Greg Mulholland" <gmulholland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:02:15 +1000

I dont actually know what the definition is. They havent been able to tell me what the exact error means, no source ip or nothing.

They were getting CRC errors and frame errors in the log but they seemed to have cleared up this morning.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: [isapros] Re: OT:Network Porblems



What is the definition of an "input error" in this scenario?

Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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-----Original Message-----
From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Mulholland
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:54 PM
To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isapros] OT:Network Porblems

OK i need some eyes on this one and since jim asked an
exchange question ill
take a stab.

Previously the client had a 2mb Internet link with ye olde
cisco router, two
vlans. Two weeks ago they upgraded to a 4mb link with a brand
spanker of a
new cisco router, same 2 vlans. The cabling system was all the same
basically i had to do was pull the cables out from the old
router and stick
them into the new router, reconfigure the dhcp scopes and any
static devies
on the networks and all is good. Well vlan1 has worked a
treat since, which
brings me to vlan2.

The client reported "no internet access" a while ago after a
bit of trouble
shooting and a cut to the chase the guys who manage the
router (externally)
tell me they are seeing 3-6 million input errors on vlan2's
interface log.
Rebooting the single switch attached to vlan2 fixes the
problem as it resets
the int but the errors will start occuring shortly after and
eventually
flood the interface and it drops again.

OK so they tell me that its something on the vlan2 network
thats causing it,
i on the phone with the router guy one by one shutdown each
device then
unplug each cable from the switch then turn everything back
on one by one,
hoping he will say "ahh there it is what did you just turn
on". Mind you i
thought it is a long shot that one pc could genearate that
much traffic.
Anyhow i borrowed another switch of the same model and
plugged that in for
two days, same problem, i tried a different make swicth, same
problem, we
replaced the cables between the rooms as they are separated
by some 40 mtrs,
all the small patach cables, cables on the router, had them
out the other
day to reconfigure the interface and replace the four port
module, still the
same!!!!!!! Last night we turned everything off bar the
switch with the link
cable to the router plugged in and the router itself and its
still the same.
we have ordered a brand new switch which every network gets
given with this
setup, all configured to their specs in the hope that maybe
one day someone
screwed with ours and didnt document it. If that doesnt fix
it im lost. Has
anyone got any more ideas.

My guts feeling is somethig the router guy told me the other
day in that he
had to force the router to 100half because that what the
swicth was telling
him it had, yet the swicth was all autosensing. I keep
thinking that its a
speed mismatch which can cause the links to drop. They reckon
its not but i
have my doubts

If anyone has got any ideas, stupid or otherwise im all ears.

Thanks Heaps
Greg

p.s the pcs have been scanned for viruses and spyware before
i got to this
stage.







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