darkrising 4 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hello, I've been experimenting with different switch setups between 2 computers. For some reason, if the wire and switch is going one way I get packet duplications but if the wire is setup a different way I don't. Here's some screenshots to explain what I mean: Setup 1 Setup 2 As you can see the 2nd setup has packet duplication where as the first does not... This is quite strange and I'm not really sure why this is happening. programs.zip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Solution Sangar 92 Posted October 9, 2014 Solution Share Posted October 9, 2014 This is by design - switches just brainlessly bounce messages (a certain number times, the packets' TTL). The switch under the screen forms a cycle (with the face touching the screen and the face touching the cable that also connects to the subnetwork the screen is in). Just make sure to avoid cycles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Molinko 43 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I think the problem might be in example 2 where the monitor is connected through the switch and a network cable from the same computer as said monitor is also connected to the switch. All component blocks act as network cable with the exception being power distributors, server racks on the internal setting, and 1 more thing I'm probably forgetting.. Let me know if I could be clearer.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 darkrising 4 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 I think the problem might be in example 2 where the monitor is connected through the switch and a network cable from the same computer as said monitor is also connected to the switch. All component blocks act as network cable with the exception being power distributors, server racks on the internal setting, and 1 more thing I'm probably forgetting.. Let me know if I could be clearer.. I understand This is by design - switches just brainlessly bounce messages (a certain number times, the packets' TTL). The switch under the screen forms a cycle (with the face touching the screen and the face touching the cable that also connects to the subnetwork the screen is in). Just make sure to avoid cycles Ah okay, that's cool, least it isn't a bug. I'll just have to design my network code with packet filtering like the 2 programs I attached. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hello, I've been experimenting with different switch setups between 2 computers.
For some reason, if the wire and switch is going one way I get packet duplications but if the wire is setup a different way I don't.
Here's some screenshots to explain what I mean:
Setup 1
Setup 2
As you can see the 2nd setup has packet duplication where as the first does not...
This is quite strange and I'm not really sure why this is happening.
programs.zip
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