Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Eli
Everything is being wiped from memory and such, what is the difference?
With networking there are state machines running at every OSI layer on every piece of equipment involved. In a steady state everything is good - but once there is a state change, especially at the physical layer and MAC layer things can get "not as expected".
Without getting into details communications/networking is meant to expect certain states. The transitions from every single piece of gear involved in this does it's best to follow standards.
Many times that just doesn't happen because software has bugs. By by waiting the times I described you FULLY CLEAR AND RESET all state machines not just on your own gear but many pieces of gear outside of your control.
Flipping thing on and off quickly is a bad thing in networking. It's not the memory, it is the state machines running and how every single piece interacts. Not to mention all the software running all these pieces.