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Cisco Layer 3 switch VLAN extremely slow

Hi There

I have a client who runs 2 x Layer 3 cisco switches with 3 VLANs configured.

VLAN120 Workstations
VLAN130 Servers
VLAN140 Voice

The Server and Voice VLAN speeds are fine, however the Workstation VLAN has slowed to a crawl. There have been no known config changes.

All workstations except 2 are switched off and they are working fine.

When we run a tracert to a server resource, the first hop is the switch and the second hop is the server

Any ideas or suggestions on where to look would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
David

Don Johnston

What does the delay on the traceroute show?

tenacityit

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We're seeing less than 1ms for each hop

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Don Johnston

We're seeing less than 1ms for each hop

That doesn't sound slow at all.
It would help if you described the symptom.

tenacityit

ASKER

Hi Mike

It's all workstations that slow to a crawl, doesn't matter what resource they area trying to access internet or server.

I'm firing up wireshark, if it's broadcasts we might not see them as most of the workstations have been turned off.

Thanks
David

tenacityit

ASKER

Hi Don

I can only provide you with the latency right now without the workstations switched on. All users have gone home due to the usability (the site is also remote so I can only work with 2 workstations)

Thanks
David

mikebernhardt

So is it slow with only the 2 workstations?

You have to understand, "the network is slow" may be the most common, and often miscategorized, problem in the world of tech.

Don Johnston

Without some type of metric for defining performance, there's really not much to go on other than the traceroute response times. Which are normal.

Sandeep Gupta

could you please run

ip accounting on vlan 120 and see where you see more traffic with which IP?

mikebernhardt

Since you've awarded points, can you explain for future generations what solved the problem?