[nsp] OT? When do log messages get created?

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> On at least one switch (looking for others) the collisions increased by
> about 800 within 5 minutes without the switch deciding that needed an error
> message in the buffer log or sent via syslog.  The same switch logs other
> messages with no problems.  Logging level is informational for all
> destinations.

You are, of course, aware that normal collisions are *not* errors?
There is no reason why a switch or router should log these.

(As opposed to late collisions, which are definitely errors.)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no