[c-nsp] Re-thinking (remembering) how a switch operates

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 04:18:03AM -0800, RawCode wrote:
> I personally would like to know if the server is reachable from the
> network. Setup some form of monitoring that queries the box? i.e
> Smokeping, Nagios, general SNMP stuff.
> 
> That alone should keep the CAM entry cached [..]

No.

(Monitoring is a good thing, but no way sufficient to populate the 
CAM table of *all* switches, if you have more than one, and the packets
monitoring<->server do not traverse *all* of them.  You need broadcasts.)

gert
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