Use the following commands (based on switch OS): 2. Verify Port Configuration Ensure both sides of a link have the same speed/duplex settings. It's defined as the maximal forwarding speed without loss of packets, typically measured in the form of packets each second (PPS/FPS) or bytes per second (bit/s Mbit/s, Gbit/s). It is. Where is the packet loss you see, end device side ? or gateway ? Can you post the relavant config of Cat 6504 and Cat 3850 (if the no port-channel configured) how is these 2 Links connected using Trunk ? Then that where i see the issue, is there any reason for that as trunk ? since there is Loop so. When packets are getting dropped on a switch, it can result from various issues across different layers. 78 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 172. 78:. Below is the STP Port Table Port 25 1/xg3, STP=enable, STP Root Guard=disable, State=Discarding, Role=Alternate What does it mean state is discarding? Being block? Discarding is when spanning-tree is blocking because there is a loop. When troubleshooting packet loss, first isolate where the loss is occurring.
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