Re: Company network slowdown

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:53:26 -0500, "Wizzzer" <notme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Good advice, Pierre. Also, Dan, do not overlook the network printers. I've
>had them start chattering several times (all HP's) and bring the network to
>it's knees. Drove us crazy trying to find the culprit.

Been there. HP LaserJet 4 with Jetdirect J2552 card. If I run out of
paper, it floods the networks with garbage that was impossible to
decode with Ethereal. That took me 6 months to find. It was fixed
with a firmware update to the Jetdirect card.


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