On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Rolf Kutz wrote:

> * Quoting Josh Coombs (twig at gwi dot net):
>
>> (Further digging shows my 4500s are doing the same thing, 100/Full,
>> reporting collisions and taking errors on the switch, albeit at a far
>> lower rate than the 4800... those are running pure FreeBSD 4.11.
>> Maybe this hardware IS bad.)
>
> Maybe the switch is broken.

Multiple switches involved, different brands and models, all showing  
the same symptom set.  The only unit not showing errors is my testbed  
4501-30 running FreeBSD 6.1.  That one I can't get to so much as  
flinch, interfaces running rock solid regardless of what I toss at them.

Josh