[wellylug] switch / howto

[Andrew Stephen]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:15:47 +1200, Richard Hector
<richard at walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:45:29AM +1200, E.Chalaron wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Geraint
> > Will contact the guy who provided it.
> > The strange thing is that I did not even turned it off.
> 
> Switches will learn what MAC address(es) are available on each port. If
> you left it on and shifted the PCs around, it may take some time to
> relearn where everything is. If you reboot it, that may help.

That's a good point too.  Usually also solvable by simply generating
traffic from each machine on the switch.

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Andrew Stephen
http://www.evil.geek.nz/