Yup, trez broken old version of tcpdump - it thinks both CGMP and spanning tree are IPX :-(. Apologies for the gross character assignation :-).
However, the plot thickens. Telecom have now turned off spanning tree on their connection, and at that exact same moment
a) the Tangent connections burst into life
b) Clear started broadcasting spanning tree packets
From what I understand (and remember) from the conversation I had with Tangent at 1am this morning their broadcast storm control has been going mental trying to compensate for wierdness that they say is _coming_ from APE. I am unaware of how Attica can be originating that much broadcast traffic, as I have moved the APE connection from a VLAN on our switch cloud to it's own interface on one of our routers. I am going to give Tangent a call tonight and try and get an update from
Hey all. I just crawled out of bed and caught up with this thread. them - I might also have to try configuring a helper-address and see if I can get a dump of what the hell is going on. If anyone has any suggestions fire me an email or give me a call. 021837867. Cheers. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog