Causes of router/switch hangs?

Hewitt Tech hewitt_tech at comcast.net
Sun Jun 19 17:00:01 EDT 2005


No MRI systems that I am aware of at one facility (the one where the Netgear
router fell over) but there is an MRI van parked just outside the building
at the other facility (probably within 100' of the wiring closet where the
LinkSys switch malfunctioned). Still, you'd think that the magnetic field
and electrical requirements wouldn't be able to make it past the steel
superstructure of the building.

I'm beginning to think maybe just buying better gear might be a solution.

Having said that I've got an inexpensive LinkSys box running an entire
facility and haven't had a single problem with it.

-Alex


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin D. Clark" <clark_k at pannaway.com>
To: "Hewitt Tech" <hewitt_tech at comcast.net>
Cc: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: Causes of router/switch hangs?


>
> "Hewitt Tech" writes:
>
> > My question in both of these
> > situations is whether power or other environmental factors could result
in a
> > hung router/switch? Possibilities that come to mind - dirty power (both
> > sites are medical facilities and although nothing appeared to be running
> > that could create noisy power, I don't know with 100% certainty that
> > somewhere in the facility a power hungry piece of equipment isn't
cycling
> > on/off like an X-Ray machine for example).
>
> Silly question:  Are there any MRI machines in this facility?
>
> --kevin
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