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[Hugh LaMaster <>]

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Mark Boolootian wrote:

> 
> > Most switch vendors support IGMP-snooping...  at this point, you
> > need to ask if you buy new equipment, and basically, don't buy
> > anything that doesn't support it.
> 
> Although not all vendors support it equally well.  We have 10/100 switches
> from one large switch manufacturer which have been plagued by a buggy
> IGMP-snooping implementation.  We've been working with them to get the
> problems straightened out, but it's proved itself to be a long, difficult
> process.

Just between you and me, this wouldn't be the big Cabletron
switches?

> Mark Boolootian
> UC Santa Cruz

BTW, are you part of the vDOC project?  Matt Spence was over
there yesterday doing testing back to here.


Regards,
Hugh LaMaster


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